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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by ch4s3 on Monday August 01, 2022 @11:53AM (#32307859)
A Junta is an oligarchy lead by a military council. The US literally has civilian rule, you're misapplying the term. Myanmar has a junta, the US does not.
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Re:Australian activist can't use encrypted apps, must let po... by boffinAudio on Tuesday August 02, 2022 @03:27AM (#32316017)
>A Junta is an oligarchy lead by a military council.

The USA has exactly this, in the form of the revolving door that connects the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the CFR.

https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/

See also: https://s3.amazonaws.com/docs.pogo.org/report/2018/POGO_Bras...

Its figureheads give the impression of democracy, but nobody voted to murder 5% of Iraqs population - the generals went ahead and did it anyway.

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