• @vividspecter@lemm.ee
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          68 days ago

          One of the vanishingly few benefits of not being a democracy, is that the people just can’t just vote in an idiot. Of course, there are other avenues for an idiot to take over an authoritarian government (historically, usually by war or inheritance).

    • @fluxion@lemmy.world
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      158 days ago

      They’ll throw in a little Taiwan invasion for shits and giggles and fuck us on semiconductors too. And they’ll succeed, because Trump won’t lift a finger to defend Taiwan