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Autocracy: Rules for Survival
Found this on another board
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival/
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12/11/2016, 5:28 pm
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Re: Autocracy: Rules for Survival
Except that the autocracy already ruled and has ruled likely every since we failed to support Carter.
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12/11/2016, 5:39 pm
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Re: Autocracy: Rules for Survival
Interesting article. The rules are right on and explain the situation very well. Clinton and Obama had to be polite in their responses to Trumps victory for the good of the country. Few of us would have been that gentle.
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12/11/2016, 5:46 pm
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Re: Autocracy: Rules for Survival
quote: Noserose wrote:
Interesting article. The rules are right on and explain the situation very well. Clinton and Obama had to be polite in their responses to Trumps victory for the good of the country. Few of us would have been that gentle.
I disagree, and these "rules" are what got us into this problem in the first place, since they were applied against Obama.
If you can not establish a middle ground where sides agree, then armed civil war is the only alternative. Does anyone really prefer that?
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12/11/2016, 5:53 pm
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quote: If you can not establish a middle ground where sides agree, then armed civil war is the only alternative
If your only tool is a hammer sooner or later every problem looks like a nail
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12/11/2016, 7:34 pm
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And you cannot clean china or a window with a hammer just destroy them. Right tool for the right job Mais Oui.
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12/11/2016, 9:51 pm
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Re: Autocracy: Rules for Survival
quote: mais oui wrote:
quote: If you can not establish a middle ground where sides agree, then armed civil war is the only alternative
If your only tool is a hammer sooner or later every problem looks like a nail
So then I take it you are agreeing with me, because the article was saying to not believe the opposition even when they say they agree, and to fight them tooth and nail anyway.
Which I disagree with. I think there always has to be some common ground, and that by trying to find and work with that, you avoid armed rebellion.
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