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What would it mean for the world if the US were to transform itself from the usual democracy-like plutocracy into an outright dictatorship? Would anything change at all? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by DandomRude@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

Unfortunately, this “pure socialism” view is ahistorical and nonfalsifiable; it cannot be tested against the actualities of history. It compares an ideal against an imperfect reality, and the reality comes off a poor second

I'm sure people thought the same about disposing of monarchy at one point.