Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from leaving

Re:Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from ... by failwhaleshark on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @02:29PM (#27359142)

Godwin's law exception: Hitler and Mussolini were voted-in.

Masses of gullible idiots take much longer to realize (if ever because of ego protection) it was a bad idea after-the-fact, while students of history saw it coming. This is why direct "democracy" is a terrible idea. Governance by popularity is stupid. Ask Socrates.

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Re:Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from ... by rich_sasha on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @03:29PM (#27360009)

Well, Hitler never won an election. He was thought to be a convenient idiot by his coalition partners, serious politicians.

I’ll just leave that thought hanging there.

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Re:Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from ... by failwhaleshark on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @07:42PM (#27362896)

That's true. I just realized everything I knew was a lie. :D

NSDAP goose-stepped into office without winning a plurality of votes, almost like what happens in other countries with Electoral Colleges.

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Re:Belarus has temporarily banned most of its citizens from ... by deepsun on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @09:54AM (#27368696)

Actually, Hitler was never voted in. His party never got majority, they took the power in non-democratic ways.

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