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   From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Stephen Harding"  wrote in message news:1049c3e$1070j$1@dont-email.me...   
      
   The end of American democracy will probably come at some point, but more   
   likely from demagogues on the Left rather than authoritarians on the Right.   
   SMH   
      
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   The tactic is to accuse the enemy of what you are planning so when you do it   
   you can claim justification as self-defense or retribution, and at least   
   your sheeple followers will believe you.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleiwitz_incident   
      
   I worry that AI will become accepted as an authority and misused to subvert   
   democracy to gain the greater "efficiency" of a dictatorship, the same rapid   
   efficiency the left deplores about Trump's executive orders but supported   
   from their side.   
      
   The left can't accept that state planning has always proven itself inferior.   
   In the best case government is more concerned with equality than efficiency   
   and tolerates waste. In the worst case...   
   https://www.learnliberty.org/blog/myths-about-the-soviet-union-i   
   equality-poverty-and-quality-of-life/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)