BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldcake to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agoTrump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it.message-squaremessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1577arrow-down143file-text
arrow-up1534arrow-down1message-squareTrump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldcake to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-27 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-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-down1·7 months agoI 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-down1·7 months agoNot 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-down2·7 months agoIt depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though.
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 months agoand burned down half of Europe in the process
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoTo 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.