• taiyang@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    Four years and one skipped election later, USA may get that categorization. It’s already listed as Flawed Democracy by this metric.

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      22 hours ago

      What happens in USA right now is a banana republic shit. The State has fallen. I AM THE STATE: says trump.

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        20 hours ago

        Yeah, but I’m not sure what metrics they’re using, but it’s pretty clear from the context. An analogy, if a student doesn’t turn in homework, actively tells a teacher to fuck off, causes disruptions that harm other students; technically they haven’t failed until grades are turned in.