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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-01 at 20:27

US media has traditionally been far more clear-eyed about antidemocratic purges abroad

so here's an exercise in how a US correspondent might describe the events of the last week in Washington, were it occurring overseas

https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-junta-establishes-him-as-head-of-government

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Written by ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 on 2025-02-01 at 23:52

@clive This is the kind of politics often seen in small AsiaPacific nations over the last few decades. I don't know if you see any news from these countries in the US, but in Australia we do.

Some typical events would be:

government finds an excuse to put opposition leader in jail,

Military refuses to fire on citizens

Military overthrows government, then takes power itself,

Political leaders are assassinated,

Deposed leader flees to another country to avoid reprisals.

I'm waiting to see what the US military does - if at some point they draw a line against Trump's excesses. #uspol

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Written by Clive Thompson on 2025-02-02 at 02:15

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I am wondering the same thing!

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