Donald Trump has said that he will not become a dictator if he becomes US president again except “on day one”, after warnings from Democrats and some Republicans that the US was in danger of becoming an autocracy if he wins the 2024 election. Fuck, well at least he’s honest on this statement

  • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Given how the reality can get modified over long periods of history, I have to wonder how much those old dictators stepping down were motivated by threats of stabbing if they didn’t.

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      7 months ago

      Well one of them was Cicero, who would have been VERY loudly indignant had there been such a threat,

      Not because he intended to defy it, but because he’d be so personally insulted by any insinuation he’d be that kind of dirty politician.