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Comment by jorblumesea

4 hours ago

The US is trending towards a Russian style oligarchy and these latest moves are just one of a wider pattern of trying to suppress academia, freedom of speech, personal freedoms.

How long until Americans wake up to the fact that they are going down the slippery slope with 100 mph now.

> The US is a Russian style oligarchy

FTFY. From the outside, people can easily see it.

  • Even Russian people?

    Anyway, I wonder what comes after the USAA.

    • As a Russian national: no, the USA is not yet at nearly the same level of corruption.

      The main bulwark against Russianification is not the Congress or the SCOTUS, it's the true federative nature of the US. States have a lot of very real autonomy and they limit the amount of corrupt overreach.