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shockey80

(4,379 posts) Mon May 11, 2020, 11:00 AM May 2020

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A perfect deadly storm: A world wide, far right, authoritarian, lunatic movement preceded the virus.

People around the world elected far right, authoritarian, extremists to lead them. Far right Authoritarian extremists are the worst type of people, governments , to have in place to battle a pandemic. They use it as a weapon, for evil purposes.

We have Trump, many other countries elected Trump clones. Brazil is good example.

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A perfect deadly storm: A world wide, far right, authoritarian, lunatic movement preceded the virus. (Original Post) shockey80 May 2020 OP

Turkey, Romania etc CanonRay May 2020 #1

Brazil is also an example of far right disaster empedocles May 2020 #2

I'm not so sure they "won" elections so much as WhiteTara May 2020 #3

+1, as she said it is a vast right wing conspiracy. c-rational May 2020 #5

Yes. This social pathology has grown internationally, not just our own right. Hortensis May 2020 #4

CanonRay

(14,097 posts)

1. Turkey, Romania etc

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Mon May 11, 2020, 11:22 AM

May 2020

empedocles

(15,751 posts)

2. Brazil is also an example of far right disaster

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Mon May 11, 2020, 11:30 AM

May 2020

WhiteTara

(29,699 posts)

3. I'm not so sure they "won" elections so much as

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2020, 12:12 PM

May 2020

stole the countries in the same manner as trump. BTW Hillary warned us years ago about what was happening, too bad Bill had to have a happy willie.

c-rational

(2,590 posts)

5. +1, as she said it is a vast right wing conspiracy.

Reply to WhiteTara (Reply #3)

Mon May 11, 2020, 01:42 PM

May 2020

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

4. Yes. This social pathology has grown internationally, not just our own right.

Reply to shockey80 (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2020, 01:02 PM

May 2020

A strong, functioning U.S. could have helped those fighting RW extremism in other nations, as we always had, but we are no longer that.

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