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> will simply deny the dictatorial behavior Well of course, claiming a country is a dictatorship or not has absolutely nothing to do with it being a dictatorsh

• runarberg 2y ago
  > Claiming a country is a dictatorship or not has absolutely nothing to do with it being a dictatorship or not I don’t understand where you are going with this. Words have meanings and accusations have weight. When enough people claim that thing quacking, and swimming over there is a duck, it does weigh in on the consensus that it is indeed a duck. Especially when duck experts start pretty much all agreeing that it is indeed a duck. Now this hasn’t happened, but what Trump has described and promised is pretty much a dictatorship. What I’m doing here is predicting that if and when the USA conduct dictatorial behavior on a regular basis, including stripping away equal rights, we should all be prepared for denialism to proliferate.
  • guappa 2y ago
    All true, but any nation will only call out dictators if they are not playing ball, otherwise it will be glossed over.