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“Democracy - so what?”

YEAH!!! SO WHAT????

“The fact that Schmitter now focuses on the internal dimension does not mean that he has thrown out the transitology baby with the domestic emphasis bathwater.”

excuse me wtf ????????

“The Brezhnev Doctrine, which entailed prompt intervention against forces that could potentially undermine an established communist regime, was abandoned by the Soviet leadership towards the end of the 1980s. It was replaced in 1989 by what was humorously referred to as the Sinatra Doctrine, according to which the communist countries were set free to 'do I it your way'”

LMAO

“The Brezhnev Doctrine, which entailed prompt intervention against forces that could potentially undermine an established communist regime, was abandoned by the Soviet leadership towards the end of the 1980s. It was replaced in 1989 by what was humorously referred to as the Sinatra Doctrine, according to which the communist countries were set free to 'do I it your way'.”

LMAO

“the democratic ideal of equality and the republican notion of freedom were forged together over time, which served to emphasize how popular sovereignty has been combined with barriers establishing limits on the power of the people.”