He could have pulled it off, the support was there. But he would have needed to destroy so much red tape and go full dictator mode for at least a limited period of time. This is not something you want to do in your 70ies.
George Washington stepped down even when the people didn’t want him to. I’m tired of excuses. We turned the keys over to a goddamn fucking communist. He knows that we know and he doesn’t care. He literally sold us to the Chinese and we allowed him to assume power. Sorry. We deserve everything that’s coming. We are allowed lockdowns of states because we didn’t want to “step on states rights.” Tell that to the people whose business is disappeared. Tell that to the children sitting behind barriers wearing masks in public schools. Tell them about states rights. No. Fuck that. Our team pussied out and that is NOT ARGUABLE.
All the Roman dictators served for a limited time, I think it was six months. That's what a dictator meant to them.
They knew they needed dictators sometimes, so they made it an institution with an easy exit path. They didn't threaten to hang dictators, who in turn didn't mind resigning.
Junghee Park. Francisco Franco. Pinochet. Many others. Frankly, the aftermath of stepping down was probably the worst outcome in each case, because commies are never afraid to step up into a power vacuum.
He could have pulled it off, the support was there. But he would have needed to destroy so much red tape and go full dictator mode for at least a limited period of time. This is not something you want to do in your 70ies.
Limited period of time? What dictator in history has ever chosen to give up power?
George Washington stepped down even when the people didn’t want him to. I’m tired of excuses. We turned the keys over to a goddamn fucking communist. He knows that we know and he doesn’t care. He literally sold us to the Chinese and we allowed him to assume power. Sorry. We deserve everything that’s coming. We are allowed lockdowns of states because we didn’t want to “step on states rights.” Tell that to the people whose business is disappeared. Tell that to the children sitting behind barriers wearing masks in public schools. Tell them about states rights. No. Fuck that. Our team pussied out and that is NOT ARGUABLE.
All the Roman dictators served for a limited time, I think it was six months. That's what a dictator meant to them.
They knew they needed dictators sometimes, so they made it an institution with an easy exit path. They didn't threaten to hang dictators, who in turn didn't mind resigning.
Junghee Park. Francisco Franco. Pinochet. Many others. Frankly, the aftermath of stepping down was probably the worst outcome in each case, because commies are never afraid to step up into a power vacuum.