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B2 - pointless to resist. Malaysia just voted out its leader for massive corruption. His party dominated Malaysian politics for over 60 years, in

Posted by Roger More (aka rogermore) Jun 21 '18, 09:30

large part due to its Malays-first policies.

South Africa removed Jacob Zuma from the presidency because the ANC, which has dominated SA politics since the end of apartheid, feared losing power due to the backlash against his corruption.

Armenia's president was forced to resign after massive public protests.

These are just examples from this year.

Obviously the future hasn't been written and these changes could lead to further authoritarianism in those countries just like, say, the Arab Spring did in Egypt.

But America has strong institutions and a solid belief in democracy and liberal values like free speech, public debate, etc. If people in places like Malaysia and South Africa don't see their resistance as pointless and stupid, I don't think Americans should have that luxury.

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- If happiness is the metric, then doesn’t it depend on why succeeds? But... - Roger More Jun 21, 09:52 9
  - "it's time for some game theo...*sound of being gakked*" -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 10:08 1
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  - Related - I recently read an article about people who did the math on how they could do the most social benefit, and decided the answer was - Roger More Jun 21, 10:03 1
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    - I’d wager that most of us know too much to be in the third group, and know better than to be in the second. - znufrii Jun 21, 10:06 3
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        *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 10:11
Change is impossible until it happens. -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 09:35
Slovakia just had a big thing too as I recall. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 09:34
precisely -- nm - prayformojo Jun 21, 09:31

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