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3. They're autocrats and ultimately despotic monarchists

Fri Sep 5, 2025, 01:18 PM

Sep 5

They speak the authority into being, and that's it. They are fundamentally lawless people.

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Might makes right. That's all the law they need. Easterncedar Sep 5 #1

Power comes from the barrel of a gun. bluedigger Sep 5 #2

They're autocrats and ultimately despotic monarchists Prairie Gates Sep 5 #3

Baseless Assertions Martin Eden Sep 5 #4