Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Why not a dictator who will get things done? My latest Substack: "The Strongman Fantasy: And Dictatorship in Real Life" open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... - ThreadSky

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timothysnyder.bsky.social • 351 days ago

Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Why not a dictator who will get things done?
My latest Substack: "The Strongman Fantasy: And Dictatorship in Real Life"
https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/the-strongman-fantasy?r=f9j4c&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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jarda.bsky.social•351 days ago

Who dream about a strongman, can emigrate to North Korea. The fat blob there isn't orange, but that's not important.

powerfromspace1.bsky.social•351 days ago

Peeps ☝️

blucowdawg.bsky.social•351 days ago

…excellent essay… sharing broadly… always…challenge of liberty is surrender to monarchy…

quipoffools.bsky.social•350 days ago

Wishing I could time travel these f’ing shit-for-brains people back into the Eastern Bloc for a week and see how they like the idea of ‘strongman rule’ after that.
They 🤦 have 🤦‍♀️ no 🤦‍♂️ clue.

magnus.gustavsson.se•351 days ago

The road to hell is paved with stupid ideas.

acinonnap.bsky.social•351 days ago

As unconscionable as the idea of US strongman/dictator is, that *anyone* would entrust such power and authority to trump is undeniably capricious and dunderheaded.

dutchtreat.bsky.social•351 days ago

Like little children who want daddy to fix everything.

bjornbert.nafofellas.com•351 days ago

Dark stuff

cpthorn1100.bsky.social•351 days ago

It's easy to kill democracy, but very difficult to restore it

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