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"admin" is what we call a regime that works properly. This one doesn't, so it's a "regime".

I guess this is from the Bush-era usage of "regime"? It doesn't normally have a negative implication.

When was the last time you heard a change of government as a result of democratic election referred to as “regime change”?

China, Russia, North Korea, Iran?

Regime is what western countries generally, usually call countries they don't like