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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by nephihaha on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @04:08AM (#46299760)
Authoritarianism is usually imposed from above, not below.
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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by edwinjm on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @07:15AM (#46301102)
In democracies, you sometimes can see authoritarians being elected. Current situation in the USA is one example.
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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by nephihaha on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @07:38AM (#46301284)
Not really. The US situation is engineered so only two parties ever get in, and are practically impossible to remove. Wait several years and the other lot will get in.

Even with Trump we see a lot of policies and directions that the Democrats have pursued previously.

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Re:The World Happiness Report Is a Sham by johnp314 on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @12:49PM (#46302913)
You have much better (concrete) examples in South and Centeral America, e.g. Venezuela & Nicaragua, but there are plenty of others.
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