someguy3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 年前Trump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it.message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1567arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1524arrow-down1message-squareTrump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it.someguy3@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 年前message-square64fedilinkfile-text
Just make it so normal that people accept it. And for others they can say “he’s joking, like he was always joking”
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33arrow-down1·1 年前I feel like saying you’ll only be a dictator on day one is just saying that a dictator doesn’t abdicate power, and a dictator on day one is always a dictator until death.
minus-squareEndorkend@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 年前Not always, but whenever we did the “lets put the dictator on a remote island” or similar thing, they came back, with a vengeance.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 年前It depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though.
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 年前and burned down half of Europe in the process
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 年前To be fair, Napoleon didn’t actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy.
I feel like saying you’ll only be a dictator on day one is just saying that a dictator doesn’t abdicate power, and a dictator on day one is always a dictator until death.
Not always, but whenever we did the “lets put the dictator on a remote island” or similar thing, they came back, with a vengeance.
It depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though.
and burned down half of Europe in the process
To be fair, Napoleon didn’t actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy.