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Feel free to look to either side for autocrats. Just because Trump has some autocratic tendencies doesn't mean Obama wasn't also quite full of them. As a nation
by not_a_cop75 7y ago
Feel free to look to either side for autocrats. Just because Trump has some autocratic tendencies doesn't mean Obama wasn't also quite full of them. As a nation autocrats tend to be the ones that abuse power rather than limit their power to what has traditionally been acceptable.
You can also look to see which presidents support institutions which would seem to allow autocracy to more easily flourish.
- organsnyder 7y agoOP said as much: "from both left- and right-wing movements". Trump is currently in power—Obama is irrelevant at the moment.
- not_a_cop75 7y agoBy that logic, Reagan is also irrelevant, but people spout about Reagan all the time.
- MrLeap 7y agoHistory is rarely irrelevant. The law changed to allow the government to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or trial under a republican administration. When its sunset came, the power was affirmed by a democrat. The authoritarianism wheel hasn't been turned backwards in a long time.