Raison d'État on Nostr: How many times have tribal democracies in Europe (and elsewhere) been knocked down by ...

How many times have tribal democracies in Europe (and elsewhere) been knocked down by outside force and internal traitors, only to rise again the moment a tyrant died, a trade monopoly had a bad year, or a foreign invader distracted by another enemy?

National Socialism was brittle, unstable, and prone to monopoly. It did a good job of mobilising resources, I will grant. But the legacy left in its wake is visible to us all today.