dictatorship

Trump, Empire and Our Long Retreat to Tyranny

Author: The Global Politics 2017-04-14 1 Comment

There has been a lot of worry about the Constitution and basic democratic rights since Trump’s election. And worry we should. But, Trump did not fall from the sky, he is a product of our history. Over the long course of human history, there has been nothing more hostile to democracies and constitutional republics than empire. Empires destroys republics from the inside out […]

America

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The U.S. friendly dictators

Author: The Global Politics 2017-02-08 2 Comments

Many of the world’s most repressive dictators have been friends of America. Tyrants, torturers, killers, and sundry dictators and corrupt puppet-presidents have been aided, supported, and rewarded handsomely for their loyalty to US interests […]

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