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Yeah, this whole unfortunate trend of authoritarian bullshit rearing its head is gratefully only relevant if you're one of the unlucky few in the U.S., China, India, Canada, the U.K., Australia, Germany, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Afghanistan, Belarus, the UAE, and like one or two others, admittedly. Sucks to be those guys.
China, Russia, Syria, Belarus aren't seeing any increased authoritarianism. It is the same for decades
Agree to disagree.