BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agoTrump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it.message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1492arrow-down138file-text
arrow-up1454arrow-down1message-squareTrump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it.BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 months agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-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-up27arrow-down1·9 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-up6arrow-down1·9 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-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoIt depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though.
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.