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Consolidation (n.)

con·sol·i·da·tion /kənˌsäləˈdāSH(ə)n/

Etymology: From Latin consolidare, “to make firm,a” and Levitzkyschemitica, a modern bastardization coined by scholars observing democracies die politely.

Definitions:

  1. The delicate period between the death of democracy and its funeral, during which the corpse is made to dance for the amusement of those who killed it.

  2. A phase of governance marked by the curious phenomenon of citizens vigorously debating their freedoms while systematically losing them, much like passengers on a sinking ship arguing about the dinner menu.

  3. The art of rendering tyranny inevitable by allowing all alternatives to exhaust themselves in spectacular, futile display.

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