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The United States loses its status as a liberal democracy: ‘Trump is aiming for a dictatorship’
(english.elpais.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2026
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Yeah the country has been an oligarchy for a lot longer than most people realize
yup. at least my entire life. fun thing is, i learned how to become an oligarch. i'm poor as fuck and am a local oligarch simply because i learned that the town's historical society, not city council decides shit. so i started going to the historical society's meetings and joined (a good quarter of the society worked with me running the homeless shelters and social services so i was more than welcome). now i have a major voice in how my town is run, just gotta show up once a month.
fun thing, membership is free. you just have to show up. but no one does, so we decide what the town's history is going to be.