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Similar activity was observed in Poland for a long time. The country was split half-half between the ruling party that strived to deconstruct the democractic institutions and a weak, fragmented left that was unable to win enough votes to re-gain power.Loyalists were put in power, including the president of the state.

Poland is still repairing the damages done to the court system, media landscape, and other state organisations and organs.

The learning, whether Weimar Republic, Hungary, Poland et cetera is: A change in power is not a problem unless the party in power is out to destroy all that enables other players to keep power in check and allow for a future peaceful political transition.

The U.S. has a different political culture and norms than E.U. states. Will will see how things will turn out.






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