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« on: July 01, 2008, 02:25:54 AM »
« edited: July 03, 2008, 05:55:57 PM by Blue Dog (العزيمة) »

No. If we went 'fascist' it's more likely that we'd have a facade of democracy still. The ruling party/class might allow the token opposition to win minor elections. However, they wouldn't be able to deviate from the accepted 'discourse' or win any substantial victories. Meanwhile the CIA-FBI-NSA would essentially act as secret police. That's similar to the way PRI Mexico and a bunch of other states were run.

Either that or the government would declare Martial Law after a severe attack, like what Joe said.
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