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NomoneyNohoney
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Say it isn't so!

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Postby NomoneyNohoney » February 4th, 2025, 8:48 am

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a-c ... n-america/

Chanced on this today, and it sounds quite compelling. Can anyone debunk it and reassure me that its obviously wrong?

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Re: Say it isn't so!

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Postby bungeejumper » February 4th, 2025, 8:59 am

Well, it's an opinion piece, not a factual report. But the essence of it seems accurate. The Financial Times has been saying the same thing for the last week, but in slightly more measured and analytical terms. The Guardian, too, but with a bit more arm-waving. ;)

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Re: Say it isn't so!

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Postby clissold345 » February 4th, 2025, 9:24 am

NomoneyNohoney wrote:https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a-coup-is-in-progress-in-america/

Chanced on this today, and it sounds quite compelling. Can anyone debunk it and reassure me that its obviously wrong?


I read a few sentences. It's very badly written (in more ways than one). I'd stick to reputable journalism if I were you. Eg here's a code of conduct for journalists:

https://www.nuj.org.uk/about-us/rules-a ... nduct.html

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Re: Say it isn't so!

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Postby GrahamPlatt » February 4th, 2025, 10:37 am


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Re: Say it isn't so!

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Postby DrFfybes » February 4th, 2025, 10:55 am

I guess we'll find out for sure in just under 4 years :(

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Re: Say it isn't so!

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Postby 88V8 » February 4th, 2025, 12:21 pm

NomoneyNohoney wrote:https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/a-coup-is-in-progress-in-america/
Chanced on this today, and it sounds quite compelling. Can anyone debunk it and reassure me that its obviously wrong?

He has a point, which he could have made with half the words and a quarter the repetitions.
And he forgot the realignment of SCOTUS which ultimately makes all this 'bad' stuff possible.
Is it bad? Time will tell.

Trump and Musk.... will fall out, and anyway Musk has too many distractions. Who's his deputy at DOGE?

Not boring, at any rate.

V8

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Re: Say it isn't so!

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Postby CliffEdge » February 4th, 2025, 1:15 pm

All democracies end up as dictatorships.
All dictators end up doing bad things.
The nobility in the UK have just sat around running things in the background for a few centuries waiting for neo-feudalism.

But sometimes one set of nobility gets eradicated by another set of nobility. Trump, Musk etc. - the new nobility? Certainly in the US - perhaps in the UK after Brexit.

We plebs must hope that we do not have too bad a time of it.


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