tin-pot dictator:
An autocratic ruler with little political credibility, but with self-delusions of grandeur.
“Lessons for us today:
Bad economic policies and foreign policies can cause crises that have dangerous political consequences.
Politicians commonly demand arbitrary power to deal with a national emergency and restore order, even though underlying problems are commonly caused by bad government policies.
In hard times, many people are often willing to go along with and support terrible things that would be unthinkable in good times.
Those who dismiss the possibility of a dictatorial regime in America need to consider possible developments that could make our circumstances worse and politically more volatile than they are now — like runaway government spending, soaring taxes, more wars, inflation and economic collapse.
Aspiring dictators sometimes give away their intentions by their evident desire to destroy opponents.
There’s no reliable way to prevent bad or incompetent people from gaining power.
A political system with a separation of powers and checks & balances — like the U.S. Constitution — does make it more difficult for one branch of government to dominate the others.
Ultimately, liberty can be protected only if people care enough to fight for it, because everywhere governments push for more power, and they never give it up willingly.“
One side gives you one choice this year while simultaneously trying to get the choice the people want removed.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/how-dictators-come-power-democracy
If we don’t know history, we are going to repeat it!!
