Would you want your Political Hero to be dictator?

[OddBeMe]

Yes! Heil!

No absolutely not

For a day... lol (worked with Caesar)

Other

[MisterWack]

“No absolutely not.”

We are a Democratic Constitutional Republic, we have stood for nearly 250 years under The Founders wishes, dreams, hopes, and aspirations… Why would we sacrifice that progress for a complete and total political figurehead with no guard rails? I wouldn’t want that for Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr., Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden. NO PRESIDENT SHALL BE A DICTATOR!!!

George Washington gave us the tradition of peaceful transfer of power, stepped down being the greatest leader we knew best. If he were alive today for him to say, “You should’ve been a dictator you pathetic old fool, you are an idiot to give it up” he would defend his decision just like how Mike Pence decided that his self employment wasn’t as important as the preservation of the US Constitution…. Which went against his boss’ feelings and this is how I know:

“Allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution”

The 2nd Presidential Nominee is justifying rejecting the Constitution / cherry picking which ones he likes & which ones he dislikes…. This isn’t Presidential and if I saw ANY Former President that came before saying this, I would absolutely tear them to shreds because this is UnAmerican & Unpresidential. Oath Of Office doesn’t matter, just a vague suggestion to him, but not me. A President should always stand by his/her oath. Always.

[OddBeMe]

They asked Washington to be King of America in 1790ish. He turned it down and said I'll be President for 4 years than you get someone else. I think turned into 10 but he left office peacefully and we had the first election campaign ever in 1800 with Jefferson and... want to say Adams... can't remember.

[MisterWack]

@OddBeMe King George the day he heard the rumor that President George Washington was going to step down for a peaceful transfer of power he said that George Washington if he keeps to his word will be the greatest leader humanity has ever known or something to that affect. He was praised even back then for being true to his word.

[MisterWack]

The actual quote allegedly by King George III was “by giving up power, Washington would be the greatest man in the world”.

[molonski2]

Obviously - ABSOLUTELY NOT ! We want more Hitlers? Or Idi Armin ?

[OddBeMe]

Dictators come on the back of a friendly crisis. Like Christian nationalism

[Agape93]

Niccolo machiavelli. If I must have a dictator, I'd want it to be him.

[OddBeMe]

Perfect. World renowned manipulator. What could go wrong. Lol

[Agape93]

Hey at least he knows how to run things.

[OddBeMe]

Did he? Or just manipulate things. Unsure.

[Agape93]

Politics is manipulation of the masses, so kinda yes to both lol

[OddBeMe]

I mean sure on the surface. But there are measurable stats.

[Agape93]

Yeap

[OddBeMe]

Are you saying the economy can't be measured? Cuz that's a big issue right now.

[Agape93]

When did I even imply that?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

No one I can think of is a political hero, and if they were, I would question my judgement lol

[OddBeMe]

I would say Obama is up there. Def wouldn't want him to be dictator, nor would we try.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Well, there are leaders more or less inspired, but I don't believe in heroes, conceptually lol

[OddBeMe]

I agree. Heroes in general usually mean you don't believe they do wrong.

[Juxtapose]

No, that would set a bad precedent.

The only person I would trust to be a dictator is myself.

[Juxtapose]

But even then, after I die then what? America would be fucked.

[OddBeMe]

Dear Lord Jesus... you as dictator :)

[Juxtapose]

I'd change a lot of things.

[Anonymous]

leftist knuckleheads like you wanna accuse Trump of being a pathological liar and then believe him when he says he wants to be a dictator... lmao which is it then?

[GOLDFISH_smile]

Lmao which do you wanna vote for then: pathological liar or wants to be a dictator?

[Opinion Owner]

@GOLDFISH_smile the point completely missed over your head

[GOLDFISH_smile]

The point that leftists have to be consistent but trumpers can be as contradictory as they want? Nah I understand that.

[OddBeMe]

The point of this Q was completely missed by you.

[Opinion Owner]

@GOLDFISH_smile leftists are far from consistent starting with their leader Kamala who can't determine whether she wants to ban fracking or not, whether she wants to defund the police or not, whether she wants to ban guns or not, whether she wants to close the border or not

[Opinion Owner]

@oddbeme oh please. everyone on this site knows you're the most prominent Democrat bootlicker infected with the most TDS trying to insinuate Trump will be a dictator

[GOLDFISH_smile]

And how consistent are trumpers & Trump?

[OddBeMe]

Oh good! I have infamy?

[Opinion Owner]

@GOLDFISH_smile far more than leftists who use mental gymnastics to gaslight the public

[Opinion Owner]

@oddbeme no shit Sherlock

[GOLDFISH_smile]

Perfect. If you're so consistent you must either believe trumps only a liar or he only wants to be a dictator then, not like us inconsistent leftists who believe both at once. So which is it?

[Opinion Owner]

@GOLDFISH_smile clearly you never listened to his dictator quote properly and only listen to fake news media outlets. TDS leftists are picking and choosing what they wanna hear that makes Trump look as bad as possible

[GOLDFISH_smile]

How do you listen to it "properly"? Do you assume he's lying, or that he's telling the truth?

[Opinion Owner]

@GOLDFISH_smile you listen to the full context and observe the tone or look back in history at his actions

[OddBeMe]

Having a "dictator quote" should be the tipping point for trumpists. But it's the key to his success.

[Opinion Owner]

@oddbeme he was president before and did nothing remotely close to any semblance of a dictator

your TDS is seeping through your brain. seriously, how do you sleep at night with the boogeyman Trump living rent free in your head?

[OddBeMe]

The cash grab of trump family during their White House stay wouls say otherwise

[Opinion Owner]

@oddbeme the Trump family don't need white house money. they have their own money which is more than I can say for other politicians who rely on corporate donors to control them like puppets

[OddBeMe]

The family hocking gold shoes and branded bibles needs money worse than I do.

[Opinion Owner]

LMAO selling merchandise doesn't prove they're being controlled by puppets

every other politician is an establishment puppet which is why they hate Trump because they can't control him

[Sevenpointfive]

it kind of sucks that a lot of our dictators are heroes to some people that don't know they are dictators

[Avicenna]

We don’t want dictators, period.

[OddBeMe]

I'm surprised by you. Keep it up.

[Avicenna]

Lmao…. someone who cares about civil liberties isn’t going to want a dictatorship…..

[OddBeMe]

I don't get that from any of the convos we have. Maybe we're just always bickering.

[Avicenna]

Now that I’ve mentioned it, be on the lookout for it, also in the ones with that reptile Goaded Xi.

[OddBeMe]

I doubt I'll see any change to your nascent replies.

[Avicenna]

Your problem is that you actually believe Democratic Party propaganda, which leaves you confused and misinterpreting the real world. Try thinking for yourself for once instead of believing that horseshit they feed you, including the most ridiculous caricatures.

[OddBeMe]

What Dem propo do I believe? You and your boyfriend keep parroting Trump remarks like "3 on 1" and "rigged election"

[Avicenna]

OMG, Odd, seriously, do you have ADD?

You just don’t pay attention to anything anyone posts and you definitely don’t do your own research on the propaganda claims you hear from the Democrats. A lot of it is applying common sense, something that leftists abhor.

[OddBeMe]

Are you fucking serious? I'm the nerd doing your fucking research. Disproving your bullshit.

[Avicenna]

The stuff you post gets debunked (and easily). You embarrass yourself regularly, especially when you think you're posting something about economics.

You're an idiot, and you don't do any "research". I don't hold (reasonable) policy differences against you, but you are utterly clueless and steeped in Democratic Party propaganda, which I do hold against you.

[OddBeMe]

You don’t debunk anything. Have you ever posted a link to actual evidence?

[Avicenna]

What you term „evidence“ is at best just you grabbing the first link that pops up on a Google search. It generally doesn’t support any incoherent statements you make and you choose it because you’re lazy and a cursory glance in the search results indicates to you that it’s anti-Trump.

The underlying problem is that you don’t know what you’re talking about, Odd. And it’s easy to show that your claims aren’t backed up by anything you say or link to. That you’re too stupid to understand that is your fault. There is no amount of any information, regardless of source, that you will even try to read and understand (when ordered with arguments and information, your brain shuts down- it’s too much for you to handle).

You completely fit the leftist caricature of white males- dumb and lazy, unable to even tie his own shoelaces.

Keep wallowing in leftist propaganda, Odd- you deserve it.

[gatixek710]

My political heroes consistently advocate against authoritarianism.

[Anonymous]

A fair dictator is better than democratically elected crook.