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When has a dictatorship ever cared about public opinion?
by paxys 1y ago
When has a dictatorship ever cared about public opinion?
- psychoslave 1y agoWhen setting repressive measure to mute any opposition and skyrocketing the budget of their personal security agaisnt all raising threats?
- brnt 1y agoRemember, dictators are never wrong. They can only ever double down. It's why they are so destructive.
- hermitcrab 1y agoBrian Klaas wrote an interesting article about that, saying that the biggest weakness of dictators/autocrats is that they surround themselves with 'yes men' and quickly lose touch with reality.
- toomuchtodo 1y agoSounds like the tyranny of rocket equation applied to personal security. At some point, the cost to derisk exceeds what is available or logistically feasible.
- __MatrixMan__ 1y ago1793, France. Just ask King Louis XVI.
- azangru 1y agoIs monarchy a dictatorship?
- svantana 1y agoYes
- motoboi 1y agoIf they say god appointed the person, is monarchy. If the person say she is going to stay in power because enemies, then it's a dictatorship.
- __MatrixMan__ 1y agoMonarchy just means "rule by one". Dictatorship means, "because I said so". A king who gets their power from God and can make rules whether or not the people consent is both a monarch and a dictator.
- jjgreen 1y agoIf they have power, yes.
- encom 1y agoWhat dictatorship are you referring to?
- vFunct 1y agoALL dictatorships need public support to remain in power. Even medeival kings needed public support from the merchant class.
- psychoslave 1y agoWell, what they need is obedience, and to obtain it they often reach for the path of spreading fear, doubt, uncertainty, violence, menace, murder, torture, and so on. Sure that's not the less brittle way to grab and retain political power in your claws, as it certainly also foster an environment full of people eager to stab you too death at first possible occasion. But there is not much morale and brillant about greed.