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This sounds like the rationale government leaders often employ to institute a dictatorship: "temporarily remove freedoms and grant the president emergency execu
by TimTheTinker 5y ago
This sounds like the rationale government leaders often employ to institute a dictatorship: "temporarily remove freedoms and grant the president emergency executive powers".
But somehow "temporarily" becomes "permanently" because no one in power wants to voluntarily give up that power.
- TimTheTinker 5y ago"Emergency powers" formed an important link in the chain of Hitler's rise to power. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/19/emergency-powers-helped-hitlers-rise-germany-has-avoided-them-ever-since/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/19/emergency-...