Antinatalism and Depression LXXV: Martial Law
Channel: Anekantavad
Date: 2012-09-07

Are things going so bad that we'll have to get draconian?

There's France (behind the fog) http://andypfaff.co.za/wp-content/DSC_3491.jpg

The famous cartoon illustrating the British attitude during the darkest hour. http://www.mideastcartoonhistory.com/FavoriteCartoon1.jpg
Democracy survived air raid sirens, Hitler, the blitz, the V-weapons and 5 years of life-and-death struggle with the armies of the Third Reich. We can do it again if we really have to and really want to.

Think democracy is at the mercy of Good Times and Fair Winds? This woman actually y tried to set up something that looked suspiciously like a dictatorship in India: http://www.dpcc.co.in/picture-gallery/indira-gandhi/indira-gandhi-01.jpg
Demographic crisis or not, she failed, and India's democracy triumphed.

The Indian Emergency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)