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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (559477)4/7/2010 7:09:49 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1578342
 
"Lots of things lead to dictatorships."

Sure. There are many historical models.

"Foolishly electing a president and giving his party overwhelming control of Congress would be one way to move that direction"

Purely speculative. It hasn't happened yet. The scenario I described is one of the more common ones of the times it has happened.
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