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		integricho 89 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Geedge and MESA leak: Analyzing the great firewall... Suddenly all leaders are wannabe autocrats, even the great western democratic ones, they just like to pretend about still caring about democracy.

Havoc 88 days ago | [–]

It’s not particularly sudden - we in the west just perceive it as such thanks to recent drama. Majority of the world population wasn’t living in a democracy for a while now (not even sure it ever has)

noarchy 88 days ago | [–]

You could argue that some of them aren't bothering to pretend at this point.

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