Comment by runlaszlorun
1 day ago
You pretty much nailed it. I can't even get outraged at any given instance now that the trendline is so staggeringly clear.
I can't see anyway this ends well for the US. I say this as both an American and a military veteran.
Never in history has an authoritarian ceded power without massive violence.
The dissolution of the USSR was not massively violent.
Frederick VII of Denmark, an absolute monarch, introduced parliamentarism without any violence or even broad public pressure.
And thats just what I can remember without digging.