▲ 682 ▼ Just vote to change things. (lemmy.ml) submitted 9 months ago by Twongo@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml 304 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mech@feddit.org 24 points 9 months ago (6 children) Chile actually voted out their dictator. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 28 points 9 months ago then what happened permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tinidril@midwest.social 11 points 9 months ago (2 children) So did Brazil, and they actually threw theirs in prison. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) No, Bolsonaro was not a dictator; if he had been, we wouldn't have been able to remove him. He had far less power than he thought; that's why voting worked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago I would argue the same is true of Trump. It certainly was in his first term. This term has all the aesthetics of authoritarianism, but he is failing to consolidate power, which is kind of pathetic considering how much power in the US was ready to surrender on day one. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 months ago* They're only allowed to be voted out after they establish the rules of the game lmao. Military dictators are just puppets of capital used to organize society with force and when capital is happy with it they just move on from them. It's absurd to think they were voted out lmao. Every single liberal democracy that evolved from a military dictatorship still uses the constitution written by the dictators, i.e. Spain. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago Same as most Eastern Block countries. Except Romania, they chose other ways. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 28 points 9 months ago then what happened permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 11 points 9 months ago (2 children) So did Brazil, and they actually threw theirs in prison. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) No, Bolsonaro was not a dictator; if he had been, we wouldn't have been able to remove him. He had far less power than he thought; that's why voting worked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago I would argue the same is true of Trump. It certainly was in his first term. This term has all the aesthetics of authoritarianism, but he is failing to consolidate power, which is kind of pathetic considering how much power in the US was ready to surrender on day one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (1 child) No, Bolsonaro was not a dictator; if he had been, we wouldn't have been able to remove him. He had far less power than he thought; that's why voting worked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago I would argue the same is true of Trump. It certainly was in his first term. This term has all the aesthetics of authoritarianism, but he is failing to consolidate power, which is kind of pathetic considering how much power in the US was ready to surrender on day one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 9 months ago I would argue the same is true of Trump. It certainly was in his first term. This term has all the aesthetics of authoritarianism, but he is failing to consolidate power, which is kind of pathetic considering how much power in the US was ready to surrender on day one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 9 months ago* They're only allowed to be voted out after they establish the rules of the game lmao. Military dictators are just puppets of capital used to organize society with force and when capital is happy with it they just move on from them. It's absurd to think they were voted out lmao. Every single liberal democracy that evolved from a military dictatorship still uses the constitution written by the dictators, i.e. Spain. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 9 months ago Same as most Eastern Block countries. Except Romania, they chose other ways. permalink fedilink source parent
