RE: Official live update of spread of COVID19
November 19, 2020 at 7:55 am
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2020 at 8:07 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 19, 2020 at 12:10 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: So, the Fund for Peace defines a failed state as having these characteristics:
Loss of control of its territory, or of the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force therein
#1 hasn’t really come to pass, unless you count that time in June where a small six-block section of Seattle declared itself an autonomous zone, which never really seceded, and didn’t even last a month in any case.
Member when those gunman stormed a statehouse? Notice how these militia nutters aren't getting arrested? I'd say the monopoly is gone. Used to be that only a cop could sweep in with tac gear and an assault rifle...and that a person who saw some rando dressed up in costume immediately thought "terrorist". How about the nut who tried to start a coup down south in latin not americastan...a function traditionally reserved for our government, lol?
Reminds me of the balkans. I suspect that if foreign tanks were to roll in american streets it wouldn't be part of an invasion - but a peacekeeping effort. I read a great article awhile back about the us and it's current state, covid included, and the author mentioned that the us elicits alot of feelings around the world - but it's never been pity until now.
One in one thousand North Dakotans are dead, btw. Just under ten in every thousand are still sick. World leader - USA#1!
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