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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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They could have taken their hands out of the cookie jar, instituted democratic reforms - made a bid for democratic legitimacy and public material comfort. But that would have come at the leaders' own power and wealth, and, lacking the stomach for this sacrifice, they lost *everything*.
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2026-08-11T11:49:13.112Z