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> people just find dictatorial strongman posturing appealing; it's a fairly common affliction, unfortunately. Absolutely nobody finds "dictatorial strongman po
by foverzar 3y ago
> people just find dictatorial strongman posturing appealing; it's a fairly common affliction, unfortunately.
Absolutely nobody finds "dictatorial strongman posturing" appealing and that's not what ever happens IRL.
Do you actually unironically believe that those people think like "oh yes, bring me some more of that strong hard dictatorship", rather than simply having completely different insight and experience than you do?
- rsynnott 3y agoYeah, no, I think for some people I think it really is basically the aesthetics. Notably, there are people who are into _both Putin and Stalin_. Now, ideologically that makes no sense at all, they're not at all close. But they're quite similar aesthetically.
- archagon 3y agoYes, far more people than I previously realized love "dictatorial strongman posturing," as long as they perceive that the "strongman" is on their side and willing to crush their enemies.
- drooopy 3y ago"Absolutely nobody finds "dictatorial strongman posturing" appealing" (Unfortunately) I personally know so many people who will be voting for extreme far left and right parties in the upcoming European and national elections who unironically idolize "leaders" like putin, maduro, erdogan, orban, bolsonaro, kim jonh un etc and who also think that their leadership style is exactly how a society should be ruled.