tbf this was also Pol Pot's request
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Republican officials have now asked us to disregard material things, sacrifice for the nation, and contemplate that death is inevitable. We have been taken over by a secret cadre of militant Buddhists.
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as opposed to, again, "pay less in taxes, get more stuff. You deserve more stuff. The other side wants to take all your stuff."
I'd say c) the autocrat isn't blatantly lining his own pockets but tbh that's every autocrat sooo