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Nonilex<p>Da says modern forms of govt rose w/the Industrial Revolution.Now <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> is changing, &amp; the govt may too.<br>He says some friends compare it to China's Cultural Revolution<br>…1966–1976, Chinese Communist leader Mao Tse-tung led an assault on suspected capitalist sympathizers,closing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>, sending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/professors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professors</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intellectuals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectuals</span></a> to work in fields, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/purging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purging</span></a> govt workers &amp; encouraging supporters to harass or attack their elders. It was "the most chaotic period of modern <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>," the professor says.</p>
John :au: :hb:<p>As <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> accelerates his <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a>, <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> could lose <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> status, says global watchdog.</p><p>It refers to ongoing events in the U.S. as unprecedented, mentioning Trump <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/pardoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardoning</span></a> 1,500 <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/criminals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminals</span></a> who supported him; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/firing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firing</span></a> independent agency <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchdogs</span></a> without process; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/purging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purging</span></a> apolitical <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> and <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> brass; <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/ignoring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignoring</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laws</span></a>; and his unilaterally deleting federal programs, and even a whole organization, created by U.S. Congress</p><p><a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://fairdinkum.one/tags/RussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussianAsset</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democr</span><span class="invisible">acy-report-1.7486317</span></a></p>
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