Is this how democracies/republics fall into dictatorship?

[OtterMan68]

• A leader convinces his followers those who oppose him are unpatriotic.
• A leader convinces his followers that those who oppose him are evil.
• A leader convinces his followers he's being persecuted and needs them to protect him
• A leader convinces his followers that only he can save the country
• A leader convinces his followers that anyone who opposes him is a traitor doing the bidding of a foreigners.
• A leader convinces his followers that those who oppose him are not worthy of the same rights and responsibilities his followers deserve.
• A leader convinces his followers that if he loses, the country will fall.
• A leader convinces his followers that if he loses an election, it's only because of fraud, and they need to fight to keep him in office.
• A leader conflates himself with patriotrism and country as if you can't support one without supporting the other: They are all one in the same.

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lot of projecting going on here

[Sasahara]

Sounds like Joe Biden, as @Avicenna provided excellent answer for, and he deserves most helpful answer for.

And how about you go here Why do Democrats claim to have so much "compassion," but only seem to have compassion for illegals and not the people who are paying their salaries? and back up the "why does the GOP only care about unborn babies and billionaire donors" by providing an exact quote of that from this link https://apnews.com/article/states-rejecting-federal-funds-summer-ebt-8a1e88ad77465652f9de67fda3af8a2d you provided as evidence. You seem to have forgotten to back up that assertion, not that "rules for thee but not for me" is uncommon amoung leftists.

[DryGermanGuy]

"What is the truth? has become a crisis and that has been fed by populist leaders who have deliberately filled the world with untruth. And what happens when people lose their sense of the truth, is that the demagogue, the populist leader, can say: You don't have to believe anything, believe me, because I am the truth. And that's how fascism rises."

- Salman Rushdie

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ku_XNK2MVR0

[laly520]

typical set of tactics for an authoritarian dictator leader

[flautistnaturist]

this guy seems better

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mujica#:~:text=Mujica%20has%20been%20described%20as,poor%20people%20and%20small%20entrepreneurs.

[exitseven]

You forgot somebody in the picture. Don't worry, I got it.

MAGA Republicans are a threat to Democracy

[AngryCarl]

Yep, that's the blueprint, pretty much. Trump was pretty much a de facto dictator, weaponizing the DoJ against his perceived enemies, installing cronies in positions of authority.

[Avicenna]

Sounds just like Joe Biden, with totalitarianism to match

[Avicenna]

But you've missed that it can't happen without elite connivance.

[OtterMan68]

yeah, Biden always calls his supporters patriots. He's always saying the GOP is evil. He's always complaining he's being treated unfairly. But that's all in your head

[Avicenna]

What rock are you living under? Oh, that's right- it's obviously the leftist echo chamber.

-You apparently don't pay attention to his speeches-
-Yes, he frequently makes it clear that he does think that Republicans are evil (again, have you actually paid attention to his speeches)
-He's even complained about the press (!) treating him, a Democratic President, unfairly. Or his son.

[OtterMan68]

Ok, quote Biden where he does any of that. You made the assertion, back it up

[Avicenna]

Are you suggesting that Trump is treated fairly by this administration and Democrats in general?

www.nbcnews.com/.../biden-sours-media-puts-noise-substance-rcna52719

www.theguardian.com/.../democrats-joe-biden-media-coverage-donald-trump

The Soul of America speech from September 2022, for example.

[OtterMan68]

nice try, but that doesn't even come close,

[OtterMan68]

www.cnbc.com/.../...n-american-and-treasonous.html
www.msn.com/.../ar-BB1kw0vC
www.reuters.com/.../
www.bing.com/search

[Avicenna]

You apparently don't even read your sources, much less pay attention to Biden rants.
Trump criticized Democrats for not clapping at the State of the Union- and you're bent out of shape about that?

duckduckgo.com/

www.npr.org/.../biden-speech-democracy

www.nytimes.com/.../...rings-trump-patriotism.html

Judging from your use of far-left sources and your parroting of them, you really are in an echo chamber.

[Sasahara]

@OtterMan68 How about you finaly back up the asstertion you provided in this question Why do Democrats claim to have so much "compassion," but only seem to have compassion for illegals and not the people who are paying their salaries? ↗ and finaly provide an exact qoute from the link you provided there, saying that unborn babies and billionaire donors are the only two things GOP care about.

[Avicenna]

And Otter, in US politics, implicit in calling your political opponents "a threat to democracy", is that your supporters are "patriotic".

[DextroShade]

Sounds like Biden who describes his political opponents as an existential threat to the country to justify locking them up and seizing their assets