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banana republic |
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a banana republic (informal) a small, poor country with a weak or dishonest government. People fear that the country will become a banana republic if the economy doesn't pick up. See also: banana |
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Indeed, this reviewer once heard McDonald remark that the United States would have become a bunch of banana republics had it not been for Hamilton's vision and genius. On this score, Judd's own megalomania deserves blame: His incremental buying up of Marfa, as well as vast pieces of Texas--combined with his not-so-tongue-in-cheek wish that his domain might one day secede from the US--has more in common with the lore of banana republics and tax-haven principalities than with the political anarchism he claimed as his inspiration. and Britain as though they were his own banana republics. |
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Banana republics
