William Lindsey :toad: on Nostr: "At the present stage of the strongman fantasy, people imagine an exciting ...
"At the present stage of the strongman fantasy, people imagine an exciting experiment. If they don't like strongman rule, they think, they can just elect someone else the next time. This misses the point. If you help a strongman come to power, you are eliminating democracy. You burn that bridge behind you."
#strongman #dictator #authoritarianism #Trump
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