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Re:Don't discount American democracy's resilience by 0xbadcafebee on Monday February 02, 2026 @04:01PM (#46861484)
Countries that have reverted from democracy to authoritarianism/autocracy: Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Italy, Mali, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zimbabwe

Countries that went that way due to coup: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Honduras, Italy, Mali, Myanmar, Niger, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Uruguay

Countries that have gone from democracy to partial erosion of democracy: Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, El Salvador, Georgia, India, Israel, Mexico, Nepal, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, South Africa, United States

There's a reason they called it the democratic experiment. We've had a good run, but everything ends eventually.

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