swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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- Jun 25, 2013
Any votes against him are evidence of voting fraud. Sounds familiar.I don't really think he was sweating the election…
In any case, autocratic regimes can last a very long time as long as the bulk of the elites and the security services are supportive and even vaguely competent. The rest of the population an be kept in line unless it's both mainly hostile and well-organized. The czars lasted a long time.