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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoThe bad ending is quasi built into dictatorship. What happens along the way though, or how soon does it come.
minus-squareNotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·24 days agoA lot of dictators die peacefully in their sleep. Franco died at the age of 82. Stalin died at 74. Kim Il Sung died at 82. Mugabe died at 95, although he had stepped down a little under 2 years beforehand.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoOK I stand corrected. But the fear of being murdered is quasi built into the whole concept. Come to think of it, Trump might be too stupid for even that.
The bad ending is quasi built into dictatorship.
What happens along the way though, or how soon does it come.
A lot of dictators die peacefully in their sleep. Franco died at the age of 82. Stalin died at 74. Kim Il Sung died at 82. Mugabe died at 95, although he had stepped down a little under 2 years beforehand.
OK I stand corrected.
But the fear of being murdered is quasi built into the whole concept.
Come to think of it, Trump might be too stupid for even that.