▲ 532 ▼ Trump saying he'll be a dictator only on day 1 is the strategy of normalizing it. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by someguy3@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments Just make it so normal that people accept it. And for others they can say "he's joking, like he was always joking"
[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not always, but whenever we did the "lets put the dictator on a remote island" or similar thing, they came back, with a vengeance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) It depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) and burned down half of Europe in the process permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago To be fair, Napoleon didn't actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) It depends on the island. Napoleon died on a remote island. It took a few tries though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) and burned down half of Europe in the process permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago To be fair, Napoleon didn't actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) and burned down half of Europe in the process permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago To be fair, Napoleon didn't actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago To be fair, Napoleon didn't actually start any of his wars, it was the European nobility launching wars to reinstate the French Monarchy. permalink fedilink source parent