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by jonathannat 1965 days ago
Plenty of black swans occur when dictatorship is the regime.

- assassination of dictator => internal turmoil

- early death of dictator => internal turmoil

- scuffle with neighboring country => economic sanctions by the free world

- dictator can't lose face, does something stupid => economic sanctions by the free world

- (Germany, Merkel, CDU) support for the dictator wanes and disappears => economic sanctions by the free world

- local governments cover up economic losses until its too great => hyperinflation, central government collapse

- triggering business defaults leading to dollar shortages leading to faster capital outflow => hyperinflation, central government collapse

- made up economic numbers are exposed => foreign businesses pull out

- nationalization of foreign companies assets => foreign businesses pull out

- natural disasters + lack of food supply => citizen riot

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Many of those things apply to democracies, too, unfortunately.