Within the last few years they had such significant protests in response to a woman who died in police custody that they had to pardon 20k people imprisoned in relation to them and 80k people facing charges. Then they strengthened the laws around the cause for the arrest. That’s not what a functional country does when its people are unhappy.
Within the last few years they had such significant protests in response to a woman who died in police custody that they had to pardon 20k people imprisoned in relation to them and 80k people facing charges. Then they strengthened the laws around the cause for the arrest. That’s not what a functional country does when its people are unhappy.
Authoritarianism ≠ “destroying their country.” That’s exactly what an authoritarian state does when its people are unhappy.
Okay, I’m starting from the position of: authoritarian countries are not functional countries.
When your authoritarianism leads to a massive brain drain, you destroy your country.