From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 12/01/2026 01:49, c186282 wrote:   
   > I don't know if 'western civ' can continue much longer   
   >    in this environment. Totalitarian/authoritarian states   
   >    however CAN.   
      
   Oddly enough I think the reverse. But then we in the UK have a strong   
   movement away from shit leaders and brainless authoritarianism, a state   
   that the US has yet to embrace.   
      
   But another couple of Trump years ought to do the trick.   
      
      
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   In todays liberal progressive conflict-free education system, everyone   
   gets full Marx.   
      
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