▲ 615 ▼ Trump Trends Online After Unconfirmed Reports Place Him at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday (www.ibtimes.co.uk) submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by green_goglin@thelemmy.club to c/news@lemmy.world 223 comments fedilink hide all child comments lulz
[–] smitty053@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) The fear didn’t vanish with Kim Il Sung - he was followed by Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 6 points 4 months ago Just a wierd example, I guess. Some authoritarians want to keep their lineage in power. Others, like Trump, can't stand the idea of sharing the limelight with anyone else so there's a free for all when he loses power. Same with Stalin. "To ensure a full succession of leadership to his son and designated successor Kim Jong Il, Kim turned over his chairmanship of North Korea's National Defense Commission – the body mainly responsible for control of the armed forces as well as the supreme commandership of the country's now million-man strong military force, the Korean People's Army – to his son in 1991 and 1993." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung#Final_years_and_ensuring_succession_to_Kim_Jong_Il permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 6 points 4 months ago Just a wierd example, I guess. Some authoritarians want to keep their lineage in power. Others, like Trump, can't stand the idea of sharing the limelight with anyone else so there's a free for all when he loses power. Same with Stalin. "To ensure a full succession of leadership to his son and designated successor Kim Jong Il, Kim turned over his chairmanship of North Korea's National Defense Commission – the body mainly responsible for control of the armed forces as well as the supreme commandership of the country's now million-man strong military force, the Korean People's Army – to his son in 1991 and 1993." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung#Final_years_and_ensuring_succession_to_Kim_Jong_Il permalink fedilink source parent
