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OK Doomer โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™‰๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒฎ @manqueman.bsky.social

The road weโ€™re on, where our leaders are taking us: www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl... โ€œDemocracy rarely dies in a single moment. It is chipped away via abdication: rationalizationsโ€ฆ

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OK Doomer โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™‰๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒฎ @manqueman.bsky.social

โ€ฆand compromises as those with power and influence tell themselves that yielding just a little ground will keep them safe or that finding common ground with a disrupter is more practical than standing against him. This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremismโ€ฆ

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OK Doomer โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™‰๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒฎ @manqueman.bsky.social

โ€ฆnever triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable itโ€”because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions. In the end, however, those who empower an autocrat often surrender not only their democracy but alsoโ€ฆ

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OK Doomer โ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™‰๐Ÿ™Š๐Ÿ’™๐ŸŒฎ @manqueman.bsky.social

โ€ฆthe very influence they once hoped to preserve.โ€ Only difference so far is that our Fuhrer is only acting like a dictator. He isnโ€™t one. Yet.

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