Kieran Healy on Nostr: This is of course a comically stupid take but reminds me the opposite is what’s ...
This is of course a comically stupid take but reminds me the opposite is what’s actually true. A tremendously useful feature of democracies generally is that leaders get to exit to a comfortable retirement on their estate rather than waiting nervously for a rival or former associate to murder them.
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