@MartinLoga1443@AndrewPerpetua When a totalitarian state collapses, there’s a void that is filled by those who are better at organizing themselves. In Russia in the 90s it wasn���t siloviki initially, it was criminals vs ex-communists. Siloviki were pretty much in disarray, which led to desire for a strong hand.
@AndrewPerpetua@MartinLoga1443 It’s not a matter of smart vs dumb. Autocracy atrophies social skills and breaks people’s capacity to cooperate horizontally which is crucial for a democracy to function. So unless there’s somebody to help, collapse of dictatorships is rather ugly most of the time.
@BaccariAnthony@Scaramucci First, a broken clock shows correct time twice a day. So no problem agreeing with whoever when what they say is true. You won’t be able to understand, of course, but that’s how it works.
Second, it’s enjoyable to watch two of the most despicable humans hurt each other.
@LaboratoryMan6@Scaramucci When you all repeat this “democrats nearly destroyed” mantra, do you know how exactly they did it? What specifically was going to destroy the country?
@Seniorstrategen@SpencerHakimian He put himself on the corner when he decided he could play in politics. But that’s a field for a completely different league of people, each of whom can eat a dozen Elons for breakfast. He was used and kicked out when no longer useful. Will be also punished if he doesn’t behave.
@SpencerHakimian The whole idea that presidents should be active and do a lot of things is completely insane and should be buried forever after Trump. Hopefully people will learn the lesson.
There’s nothing better than a president who is dormant most of the time.
@pnwpureblood@KellyScaletta But government is getting bigger. It is introducing tariffs, raising and lowering them left and right, directly getting involved in supply chain decisions, it is dictating which books libraries and museums should keep, it is getting control of bodies, and also dictates prices.