alt Hacker NewsGermany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Argentina -- most within living memory.
Hell even France, everyone's just lucky that de Gaulle wasn't much into dictatorship.
Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Argentina -- most within living memory.
Hell even France, everyone's just lucky that de Gaulle wasn't much into dictatorship.
Germany, Spain, and Italy were no western democracies in any sense of the word before the rise of fascism, Japan, Brazil, and Chile are no western democracies per definition.
I’m talking about the post-WW2 order, which has been remarkably solid. Until Trump showed up, that is. But even the USA are still a working democracy, despite all the fear of an authoritarian regime. So I would at least argue for a bit of calm and reason before proclaiming the end of freedom due to discontinued 500€ notes.