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> Losing power in an authoritarian government could mean you are arrested for “corruption” and sentenced to death.

The US is nearly there.




I would love to hear which US politicians you think narrowly evaded a death sentence simply from losing an election.


We just had one indicted for "corruption". Half of the predicate is true, hence "nearly there".




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