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South Korea just gave Donald Trump a warning. Swiftly and decisively rebutting would-be authoritarians works better than hoping it works out for the best. (www.msnbc.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by auk to c/pleasantpolitics

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[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's only a warning if there are people in the government willing to oppose him.

(Seeing it happen in SK is great though)

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think South Korea has as many guns as the U.S.

Second issue is half the people in congress here are on the side of authoritarianism.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Slightly more than half* of Congress.