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defacto7

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2. That's how you systematically dismantle a government

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 08:58 AM

Nov 2019

to usher in autocracy. Misinformation, control the system in power, cause confusion, undermine democratic authority, create a crisis then take over. It's an old game plan. But it's the following 20 years that get really ugly for the rest of us.

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Explain this to me if you can...cause I am at a loss... [View all] Soph0571 Nov 2019 OP

It's never made sense, so don't expect any now. Denzil_DC Nov 2019 #1

The leave campaign promised different things to different people T_i_B Nov 2019 #3

That's how you systematically dismantle a government defacto7 Nov 2019 #2

Different definitions of "Brexit". mwooldri Nov 2019 #4

So do I! LeftishBrit Nov 2019 #7

It seems to me that the Farage-Johnson back-and-forth could be a calculated distraction. abqtommy Nov 2019 #5

If so, it's already fooled many Brexit supporters muriel_volestrangler Nov 2019 #6