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Dictators tend to be popular. Citizens of dictatorships tend to be a) afraid, and b) fed a steady diet of internal and external enemies to put their hate and fe
by liberte82 9y ago
Dictators tend to be popular. Citizens of dictatorships tend to be a) afraid, and b) fed a steady diet of internal and external enemies to put their hate and fear onto. Hitler was popular, so was Stalin, Chavez, Duterte, Putin, Saddam, and many others. A dictator being popular in their country doesn't mean they're doing good things. Don't be surprised if Trump gets more popular, the more dictatorial he gets.
- ekianjo 9y ago> Don't be surprised if Trump gets more popular, the more dictatorial he gets. Trump is a counter-example. Everyone was labeling him as someone akin to Hitler before he was elected, and now it's pretty clear he is not that kind of leader. He is quick to tweet provocative things, but in practice he's not THAT different from typical US presidents, as in he needs other people to actually write and put policies in place.
- liberte82 9y agoWe’ll see. There are a lot of institutions in place. That’s not all torn apart in a day.