EnderWi99in @ EnderWi99in @kbin.social

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No that's totally fair, but that term is just misused as it applies to something very specific which deserves to be remembered and recognized as it's own unique threat. I think the closest thing to what you might be referring is aligned to a faux democracy of Russia, which is just a form of an autocracy.

I'll give you that one.

I agree with this, but can we stop referring to every rigged democratic system and autocratic government as a Banana Republic?

It just makes people posting look less knowledgeable about government and politics because it's meaning is tied to something very specific that doesn't apply to your overall well thought out comment.

Thailand is not an example of a Banana Republic and neither is the US, nor could it ever be, as it's not a country tied to very limited export of natural resources.

Spotify has one of the highest quality services and a monthly price that's barely gone up in a decade. This shit just leads to them having to raise the subscription rate again if they can't fix the issue with people clearly undermining the payment model. What the hell is it that you people want?

Paid for by the paper towel industry which was in response to the hand dryer industry putting out it's own paid study about how paper towels just spread fecal matter around your hands. It's all shit no matter how you spread it.

You mean smearing the spoiler candidates the GOP put up to split the ticket juat about every election the past 20+ years? That's who you're worried about the left smearing?

He's just the latest version of Jill Stein that the right is rolling out to take votes away from the Dem ticket. Same ole story.

He's a spolier candidate that is openly backed by interest groups on the right. He isn't personally a Republican, or ideologically conservative, but he sure has some strange friendships.

Guess that helps explain how he ended up on the Republican payroll.

Banana republic

In political science, the term banana republic describes a politically and economically unstable country with an economy dependent upon the export of natural resources.

I think a lot of folks using this term to describe the US don't actually know what it means so leaving the wiki to hopefully help. The US is a lot of things, but it isn't a banana republic.

He can't shed too much light on this or else people might realize the election was actually stolen...by him.