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Because no dictators are voted into power? Hitler, Mussolini, Mugabe, Chavez...
by tail_exchange 2y ago
Because no dictators are voted into power? Hitler, Mussolini, Mugabe, Chavez...
- llamaimperative 2y ago“Not worried about Trumpism” is a near-100% accurate indicator of extreme ignorance of authoritarian regimes and of the American political system, unfortunately.
- ekianjo 2y ago> near-100% accurate indicator of extreme ignorance of authoritarian regimes extreme ignorance of authoritarian regime is particularly visible among people who think that things happen like in movies with singular figures like Darth Vader showing up and suddenly grabbing power out of some kind of ether.
- llamaimperative 2y agoWhich isn’t and wasn’t ever the concern with Trump.
- ekianjo 2y agoSO everytime someone is voted in, the idea is to panic? Especially when the guy was already in the office 4 years ago and was not Hitler?
- tail_exchange 2y agoNo, only if they tried a coup, filled his cabinet with yes-men, and have a following full of neo-nazis. Then you should be concerned.