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		SecretDreams 27 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Court orders restart of all US offshore wind power... Dictatorships work as long as they're benevolent, much like democracies work as long as they aren't bought.

dominicrose 26 days ago [–]

It depends what you mean by work. Technology - among a myriad of other things - enables the worst dictators to stay in power, even if the country as a whole doesn't work.

SecretDreams 26 days ago | [–]

Work in my post was "work for the people".

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