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Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by patrick451 on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:27PM (#35463374)
> Losing power in an authoritarian government could mean you are arrested for “corruption” and sentenced to death.

The US is nearly there.

Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by rurp on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:09PM (#35463652)
I would love to hear which US politicians you think narrowly evaded a death sentence simply from losing an election.
Re:China Plans to Ban Exports of Rare Earth Magnet Tech by patrick451 on Saturday April 08, 2023 @01:02AM (#35490697)
We just had one indicted for "corruption". Half of the predicate is true, hence "nearly there".