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The other warning flag for the UK and elsewhere is the creating of an unreality - the big lie etc. In America, Texas leaders do not recognize Joe Biden as a legitimate president.

The denial of reality and the actual attempts to destroy reality are green lights for destruction by cult members. Luckily the UK does not have the massive gun problem America possesses.

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I am forever haunted by a line from my first interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat for Byline Times and that is that the тАЬstrongmanтАЭ never really leave their partyтАЩs dna even when removed from power тАж she used Berlusconi as an example of lasting malignant impact:

тАЬBerlusconi was barred from personally running for office again. But his party, which was under his thumb, continued to do really well. So you donтАЩt really get rid of these people, thatтАЩs the problem. They kind of stay in the DNA.тАЭ

https://bylinetimes.com/2020/12/28/strongmen-how-a-crisis-in-masculinity-paved-the-way-for-fascism/

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