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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by Propelloni on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @09:31AM (#43621592)
What "institutions of democracy" would that be, if the state is fascist or communist? And I think you severly underestimate the reach a totalitarian state has. Hint: it is total.
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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by roenxi on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @07:36PM (#43627508)
People don't change because a state is democratic. There are still authoritarians getting voted into power and present in the government; they just get voted out if the damage they are doing gets too visible.
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Re:Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant by Propelloni on Wednesday April 09, 2025 @04:07AM (#43629912)
People change a lot when the environment changes, this has been shown over and over again. You actually only have to look around. Yet it's the people who make the state not vice versa. Quite a conundrum.
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