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The Downside of a Totalitarian Government
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In a totalitarian government, bad ideas are not fully aired in discussions, leading to potentially disastrous decisions. This is illustrated in Michael Cheban's novel, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, which explores alternate history where the US had acquired Greenland instead of the US Virgin Islands.
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