- Consider this:
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- An inarticulate, politically inexperienced man with family
links to a previous national regime comes to provincial leadership.
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- Subsequently he gains the highest national office without
winning the popular vote. The election in which he was declared the victor
is considered compromised by his brother's province.
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- He appoints a chief law enforcement officer who has repeatedly
called for constitutional revisions.
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- Regulatory agencies are filled with those previously
regulated.
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- Soldiers patrol transportation centers.
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- International treaties are abrogated.
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- International legal organizations are shunned.
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- Roles of police and military are blurred.
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- Law enforcement agencies are centralized.
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- Individual civil rights are reduced.
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- A "shadow" government is created.
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- Domestic surveillance is increased.
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- People are encouraged to spy on each other.
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- Military budgets are increased.
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- The military establishes a disinformation program.
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- Media access to government is limited.
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- Consultations with the legislative branch decline.
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- Connections to corrupt corporate sponsors are disavowed.
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- Efforts to further plunder natural resources for profit
are initiated.
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- Access to past administrations' documents is limited.
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- A war mentality is established with imprecise enemies.
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- Nebulous fear-inducing alerts are periodically released.
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- National level profiling is introduced.
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- People are imprisoned without public charges and unknown
others are "disappeared."
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- Does the word "coup" come to mind?
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