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Was there ever a nation to come from fascism without a war or a revolution?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_transition_to_democracy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_transition_to_democracy

Americans just can't conceive of it for some reason. Always itching for a fight and not even contemplating the notion that the fight isn't immediately adjacent to doing nothing.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You're so right and wise and morally correct, MudMan, we need to let them murder people for fifty years first.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Did I say that? At what point did I say that? Is the snarky straw man thing a coping mechanism? Because it certainly isn't an argument.

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