Ah yes. A whataboutism will make everything right. Maybe we should have sent some smarter guys back in 1492
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yesman@lemmy.world 1 day ago
blackbeans@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
They weren’t sending us their best, that’s for sure.
DupaCycki@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Very slight difference to note. Leopold II was alive 150 years ago. Trump is alive today.
Krelis_@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Also, Leopold II wasn’t elected
thepig@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
Right, Leopold II didn’t shit his pants
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 21 hours ago
As a Brit I fucking hate the royal family and their soft power and their wealth, but I’d argue that Trump has more of both and is heading for more than a royal has had in a Western country in living memory.
gh0stcassette@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 hours ago
Man’s not heading for anything but the grave, have you seen him lately? 50/50 odds he dies of natural causes before the midterms, I bet they’ll try to weekend at Bernie’s him for at least a few days.
adam_y@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Right? Trump’s nothing but a Temu dictator that was actually elected into that position rather than a proper tyrant dictator.
The US can’t even do despotism right.
Sergio@piefed.social 22 hours ago
My preferred comparison is to Napoleon III. It’s not a perfect match, but provides a lot of comparisons: the attack on freedoms, the incompetent political appointees, the unwise foreign wars, the puffed-up overconfidence and the sheer mediocrity…
red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 hours ago
That is an insane argument. You are saying anybody whose country went through a genocidal dictator can’t criticize Trump because he’s not as bad yet? WTF?
irate944@piefed.social 14 hours ago
Never mind that in those examples that they gave, none of them were elected like Trump was:
Hitler lost the election for president; but was later appointed as chancellor by the guy that won after political pressure;
Mussolini was appointed by the king after threats of paramilitary force;
Leopold II was a hereditary monarch
Sorry US bros. I like you and I love you depending on the days. But just like the French will never live down the white flag meme, you will never live down that you elected a pedophile fascist TWICE.