Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 1:56:07 GMT -5
They never have doubts. They never hesitate. They always have things clear. They say what they think, unlike other politicians, fearful of the consequences of their words. They think what many think and do not dare to say, about women, about homosexuals, about immigrants... They are controversial because they are not afraid to go against the grain. They pay attention to emotions rather than reasons, because life is emotion, and many want to see their hatred and anger reflected in the leaders they listen to on television. They despise dialogue, pact and conchabeo, because they claim to have firm principles and, unlike others, they do not market with principles. They never join agreements or consensus with those who think differently, because for them the truth is one, indivisible, and plurality leads to division and ineffectiveness. They prefer direct contact between the autocrat and his people, as they understand that intermediaries, such as parties, parliaments or the media, distort and manipulate in their own interests. Therefore, the autocrat claims power, everything, without restrictions, without obstacles, with free hands, to do what needs to be done, without any more nonsense.
Autocrats seduce… and then they kill. Like Putin. This is not a new or original phenomenon. History repeats itself. When difficult problems arise, and democracy resolves slowly, or with insufficiencies, or with inefficiency, or does not resolve, the miracle workers, the potion sellers, the visionaries, the miracle workers arrive. They take advantage of the troubled river of crises Guatemala Mobile Number List hardships and legitimate complaints to display their charms. Stirring resentments and hatred. With simple and false analyzes of complex problems. Pointing out easily identifiable culprits, but equally false. And prescribing their false solutions, as drastic as they are deceitful. Citizen protests are spreading in Russia due to the mismanagement of the pandemic, due to the devastating inequalities, due to the zero expectations among young people, due to the frustrating lack of freedom. Putin points out a culprit: the neo-Nazi Ukrainians who prevent the rebirth of the great Russia . And Putin kills. After the fall of the Soviet regime and the timid attempts at democratization in Russia, many breathed a sigh of relief with the arrival of Putin to power.
Putin's autocracy has been viewed with condescension, with open sympathy, even with a certain admiration, by those many. A leader who knew how to command, with a firm will, who did what he understood he had to do, without the considerations, balances and cumbersome negotiations of parliamentary democracies in Europe. Not just Orban, or Le Pen, or Salvini. The entire European extreme right, although Abascal is now hiding it. Also prime ministers like Berlusconi and Schroder. And artists and athletes. Reference to Putin as a dictator was avoided everywhere. Even when it became clear that he was poisoning and imprisoning his opponents. For a long time there was talk of Londongrad, alluding to the complicities of the Moscow oligarchy in the city. Trump never hid his envy of him. Many leaders competed for a photo with that “strong man of Moscow.” But Putin is not the only autocrat. There are others and, of course, there are many would-be autocrats around the world. And there are many people seduced by his speeches, his manners, his promises. And our duty, the duty of democrats, is to unmask, combat and stop the autocrats, when there is still time, before they accumulate enough power to massacre innocent people, as Putin does in Ukraine , as he has been doing for decades.
Autocrats seduce… and then they kill. Like Putin. This is not a new or original phenomenon. History repeats itself. When difficult problems arise, and democracy resolves slowly, or with insufficiencies, or with inefficiency, or does not resolve, the miracle workers, the potion sellers, the visionaries, the miracle workers arrive. They take advantage of the troubled river of crises Guatemala Mobile Number List hardships and legitimate complaints to display their charms. Stirring resentments and hatred. With simple and false analyzes of complex problems. Pointing out easily identifiable culprits, but equally false. And prescribing their false solutions, as drastic as they are deceitful. Citizen protests are spreading in Russia due to the mismanagement of the pandemic, due to the devastating inequalities, due to the zero expectations among young people, due to the frustrating lack of freedom. Putin points out a culprit: the neo-Nazi Ukrainians who prevent the rebirth of the great Russia . And Putin kills. After the fall of the Soviet regime and the timid attempts at democratization in Russia, many breathed a sigh of relief with the arrival of Putin to power.
Putin's autocracy has been viewed with condescension, with open sympathy, even with a certain admiration, by those many. A leader who knew how to command, with a firm will, who did what he understood he had to do, without the considerations, balances and cumbersome negotiations of parliamentary democracies in Europe. Not just Orban, or Le Pen, or Salvini. The entire European extreme right, although Abascal is now hiding it. Also prime ministers like Berlusconi and Schroder. And artists and athletes. Reference to Putin as a dictator was avoided everywhere. Even when it became clear that he was poisoning and imprisoning his opponents. For a long time there was talk of Londongrad, alluding to the complicities of the Moscow oligarchy in the city. Trump never hid his envy of him. Many leaders competed for a photo with that “strong man of Moscow.” But Putin is not the only autocrat. There are others and, of course, there are many would-be autocrats around the world. And there are many people seduced by his speeches, his manners, his promises. And our duty, the duty of democrats, is to unmask, combat and stop the autocrats, when there is still time, before they accumulate enough power to massacre innocent people, as Putin does in Ukraine , as he has been doing for decades.