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Sorry, I deleted my earlier version to make an edit. Reconnecting your reply.
enlightened autocracy is an oxymoron!
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Yes, far from an adequate turn of phrase. Committed to environmental conservation might be better.

It is an interesting book.

Two examples he gave (and I am dipping back at least fifteen years so I may not be remembering correctly) were Imperial Japan and the Dominican Republic under Trujillo.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Jared Diamond's Collapse does a historical review of how societies fared when faced with environmental collapse and if I remember correctly that review suggested that enlightened autocracy is a form of government that can fare better than some others. I also know that the book got mixed reviews.
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
if you aren't watching squid game challenge don't concern urself ok
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Just noticed you said that, LOL.

If enough of us just turned around when it happened and walked away without ordering, they might fix it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Tim Hortons famous for this
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Oooh. Trust that will be ok too.
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Oops. Hope everything is ok!
November 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Not that I am aware of.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
US exceptionalism is remarkable, and becoming more incongruous with each new day of neo-fascist, anti-intellectual, end-of-empire absurdity.
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
That might explain how sick I was last weekend despite getting my flu shot.
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Based on memories from my childhood you are not lying.
November 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM