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See answers below. Any compelling arguments why this could *not* happen in the US? At this point the null hypothesis is not only that it can, but it will. Regression to human mean something something.
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What are good 20th century examples of places that went from high personal freedom/liberal to low personal freedom/illiberal? Iran in 1979 is the main one I can think of. Others?
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Well it started with the US overthrowing the previous Iranian government, so unless you've got a much bigger empire around to overthrow your current government, that exact scenario is pretty unlikely to play out.