A population that is weakened and decimated by disease, famine, poverty, and
ignorance is much easier for a dictator to control. He has no stake in stopping
the epidemic.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

(Iris Cohen) wrote:

A population that is weakened and decimated by disease, famine, poverty, and
ignorance is much easier for a dictator to control. He has no stake in stopping
the epidemic.

The only thing a dictator cares about is control. An unchecked epidemic
is loss of control. He'll try to stop it. But to do so, he'll have to close his
borders, because we'll be carrying on, business as usual. That will be
devastating to his economy, further weakening the regime. And those
regimes are really tenuous to begin with. The security forces are bought.
The dictator is paranoid as hell, suspecting everyone of conspiracy against
him. With a weakening economy, the people will be fleeing to neighboring
countries, and the democratic forces will be gearing up for a fight. The
non-democratic regimes will crumble into dust!


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"Endeavor to persevere"
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what a romantic view of politics

"David James Polewka" escreveu na mensagem
...
(Iris Cohen) wrote:

A population that is weakened and decimated by disease, famine, poverty,
and
ignorance is much easier for a dictator to control. He has no stake in
stopping
the epidemic.

The only thing a dictator cares about is control. An unchecked epidemic
is loss of control. He'll try to stop it. But to do so, he'll have to
close his
borders, because we'll be carrying on, business as usual. That will be
devastating to his economy, further weakening the regime. And those
regimes are really tenuous to begin with. The security forces are bought.
The dictator is paranoid as hell, suspecting everyone of conspiracy
against
him. With a weakening economy, the people will be fleeing to neighboring
countries, and the democratic forces will be gearing up for a fight. The
non-democratic regimes will crumble into dust!


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"Endeavor to persevere"
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"João Antonio" wrote:

what a romantic view of politics

You like it the way it's going now, huh?


"David James Polewka" wrote:

(Iris Cohen) wrote:

A population that is weakened and decimated by disease, famine, poverty,
and
ignorance is much easier for a dictator to control. He has no stake in
stopping
the epidemic.

The only thing a dictator cares about is control. An unchecked epidemic
is loss of control. He'll try to stop it. But to do so, he'll have to
close his
borders, because we'll be carrying on, business as usual. That will be
devastating to his economy, further weakening the regime. And those
regimes are really tenuous to begin with. The security forces are bought.
The dictator is paranoid as hell, suspecting everyone of conspiracy
against
him. With a weakening economy, the people will be fleeing to neighboring
countries, and the democratic forces will be gearing up for a fight. The
non-democratic regimes will crumble into dust!


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"Endeavor to persevere"
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