• joshuaacasey@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          How do dictators come to power? Spoiler: it’s not by winning elections. (well okay that’s not entirely true since Trump won)

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            2 years ago

            As you imply, it’s possible for someone to come into power by winning elections, and then become a dictator by breaking the democratic process, ending free & fair elections, criminalizing opposition parties, destroying independent judiciary so that dictatorial actions cannot be reviewed in court, etc.

            There are plenty of examples of this in today’s international fascist movement.