At what point does the term “regime” become an accurate description of that government rather than a derogatory label?

When their agents execute people in the street with no repercussions.

In that case I can't think of time my country hasn't been a regime I guess. Police have pretty much always been executing people in the streets without repercussions. Although there has been a small amount of progress recently, these days they do it on camera and still face zero repercussions much of the time.

	▲	kgwxd 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yup, and the people calling it out all this time were consistently shrugged off as being hyperbolic. Still are. Always will be.

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wiml 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"Regime" is mostly derogatory among the terminally online. It's an accurate description of any government, regulatory system, zone of applicability of a natural law, etc etc.

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tempodox 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Are you suggesting that an accurate description would not be derogatory?

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kgwxd 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Long, long time ago. Accuracy don't matter to enough people though.