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The difference between now and then is that you're reading this on a screen instead of on paper. That, and it's gonna be different factions fighting. But the ramp-up was in the news for several years then, too. I never thought I'd live to see this, I thought this only happened in history books.

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> I thought this only happened in history books.

Just like western EU governments apparently. It turns out governing a country isn't just about balancing an excel spreadsheet of incomes and spendings, which seems to be the only thing our elites have bee trained for in the last 40 years

> balancing an excel spreadsheet of incomes and spendings, which seems to be the only thing our elites have bee trained for in the last 40 years

And they seem quite bad at it, considering the state of the various balances they are supposed to maintain (or at least those in France where I live)

I thought we were better. But it seems to me like people has been swapped out. I dunno if I am psychotic or "everyone" else is. But then again, stuff like this have a higher risk of happening with bad and impopular leaders I guess.

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