Democracy. We remember that its not at all how things work and many other places or ever have. They dont have representatives. In most places and times, if you wanted to take over a country, first you had to control its military. The guys with guns. The army is essential for political control. Government dictates have no meaning without the credible threat of force to back them up. Guns are two laws is what gold is to paper currency. Value and strength in a democratic system. The military serves to protect the entire population no matter who they voted for. Thats what democracy is. In an authoritarian system of the armies the Enforcement Apparatus of a specific political party. Thats the difference between the two systems. Its worth remember and that given what we are seeing happen All Around The World right now. The german Defense Ministry recently announced its dismantling its best to train special operations unit. Dozens of operators have recently been fired. None have committed any
How things work and many other places or ever have. They dont have representatives. In most places and times, if you wanted to take over a country, first you had to control its military. The guys with guns. The army is essential for political control. Government dictators have no meaning without the credible threat of force to back them up. Guns are two laws is what gold is to paper currency. Value and strength in a democratic system. The military serves to protect the entire population no matter who they voted for. Thats what democracy is. In an authoritarian system of the armies the Enforcement Apparatus of a specific political party. Thats the difference between the two systems. Its worth remember and that given what we are seeing happen All Around The World right now. The german Defense Ministry recently announced its dismantling its best to train special operations unit. Dozens of operators have recently been fired. None have committed any kind of crime. The Ruling Party in german
cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. we have some breaking news for you. i m jake tapper. moments ago, we learned there is a settlement a settlement in the high stakes trial between dominion voting systems and fox dominion was suing fox for $1.6 billion, saying that the network showed complete and utter disregard for truth and facts and accuracy. when they allowed guests and hosts to push false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election had been stolen from donald trump. cnn s oliver darcy is outside the courthouse in delaware. oliver. what do we know about the settlement? we know right now. the judge just announced actually moments ago, jake that this case has been settled out of court. we don t know any details about what happened. but there was this unexplained two hour delay in court proceedings. this settlement really comes right before the clock struck struck midnight jake opening statements were set to begin at 1 30. they did not as scheduled, and there was an unexp