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Authoritarian regimes need to.care about popular opinion too. Sure, unlike a democracy they can survive going under 50% approval for longer but if Anger boils over it gets ugly.
Yes, but on average what is the minimum percentage of support needed for an authoritarian regime to remain in power? 30%, 20%, 10%, 5%? Currently, less than 30% of Americans seem to support MAGA. Will that be enough to break this tyrannical trend?
And that anger is potentially going to boil over soon.
Trump's well know for being a pedophile, gas has gotten ridiculously expensive (and so has everything else), and he's ruined the American economy. Few people are willing to go to bat for the Republicans right now
But wait! Look over there!
Wholeheartedly agree. The point I'm more trying to make is that they can survive much longer without popular support than other kinds of movements. So Palantir can be very successful for a long time aligning with the regime, even if it will ultimately fall. They can (and probably plan to) jump ship before that fall, like German companies that aided the Nazis did after WWII.