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To win what? Lets not forget what the stakes are, the countries where all these narcissistic psychopaths were either elected or self imposed dictators for life
by grugagag 6y ago
To win what? Lets not forget what the stakes are, the countries where all these narcissistic psychopaths were either elected or self imposed dictators for life were held back. Who wants a president who considers winning a personal gain? It is extremely harmful for the short and long term as well.
A president has to inspire unity for the country and most dictators suppress and hide the fact that they don’t even have half the country supporting them using different tactics from rigging elections to squashing the opposition.
- anigbrowl 6y agoSure, but supporters don't mind as long as they get some rewards. This can be as simple as feelings of higher status than their opponents or some out group. Even if supporters themselves are objectively worse off, as long as someone else has it worse again, then they feel like winners.
- rsynnott 6y agoI think it's possibly actually different motivations. Trump wants to be re-elected because he's an egomaniac. Putin wants to be re-elected because his _best_ case for political retirement is being prosecuted.