BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoTrump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it.message-squaremessage-square64fedilinkarrow-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.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-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 year 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-down1·1 year 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-down2·1 year agoIt depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though.
minus-squaretryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoand burned down half of Europe in the process
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year 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.