DandomRude@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-220 days agoWhat would it mean for the world if the US were to transform itself from the usual democracy-like plutocracy into an outright dictatorship? Would anything change at all?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up178
arrow-up178message-squareWhat would it mean for the world if the US were to transform itself from the usual democracy-like plutocracy into an outright dictatorship? Would anything change at all?DandomRude@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-220 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareDandomRude@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·20 days agoAs a European, I can’t see any difference. It is true that Bush junior - just like his father - shamelessly exploited his supremacy to bring Iraq under his control, but I don’t see what has changed since then.
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoI don’t think there’s a previous period to compare it to. The US has gone through isolationist periods before (eg 1930s) but never dictatorship.
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As a European, I can’t see any difference. It is true that Bush junior - just like his father - shamelessly exploited his supremacy to bring Iraq under his control, but I don’t see what has changed since then.
I don’t think there’s a previous period to compare it to. The US has gone through isolationist periods before (eg 1930s) but never dictatorship.