@emptywheel Showing my ignorance her, but Brazil? Possibly?
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@BakuninsSpectre No, Brazil is getting worse after having been trending better. Partly bc boom times slowed. -
@emptywheel Okay. I must admit, I'm shamefully ignorant about South America.#theworldisjusthorrible -
@BakuninsSpectre A number of LA countries getting less stratified, but there's lot of well-funded opposition to that which leads to paranoia -
@emptywheel Let's hope the demonstrators can turn things around then, or is that a symptom? -
@BakuninsSpectre It may be one of the causes. Increased economic insecurity faced w/effort to use that to entrench oligarchs: face-off.
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Iran, perhaps? RT
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@Ali_Gharib There's an irony, though I think you're right. Though it may be very short lived. -
@emptywheel@Ali_Gharib I dont know the sanctions are a doozy. I think they need to compromise on some level. -
@shokufeyesib@emptywheel@Ali_Gharib Unless you happen to read anything in the MSM which paints Iran as the great Satan of humanity.
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@emptywheel Do I know what rhetorical means? -
@ranchandsyrup Meant as real question: Russia getting terrible, Japan getting authoritarian, Canada trending oil statish, US REALLY paranoid
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@emptywheel I know Marcy. Sorry to snark. I can't think of any real countries. Galt's Gulch prolly is. 'cause it is perfect in every way.
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@emptywheel India? Despite the terrorist threats, the parliament system keeps things divided so nothing gets done. -
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@emptywheel I'm speaking somewhat out of my league but individual abuse of power is more common than institutional.
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@emptywheel IDK, but Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela? Those sound familiar for some reason...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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