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[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Countries don't always stay free, though. Look at Hong Kong, Russia and Hungary.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Russia wasn't free for very long.

[–] rumschlumpel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But it was. Yeah, it's more likely to happen to a country that's only been more-or-less free for about 15 years, but hardly impossible in older democracies.