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by klamann 31 days ago
don't forget about the historical examples of having your home destroyed by war (usually a war started by your leader) and the regime being forcefully replaced by a foreign power. Japan, Italy and Germany are democracies today.
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> Japan, Italy and Germany are democracies today

For now. But democracies are always only one election away from a party taking power and passing laws that entrench them indefinitely.