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Dictator's Treadmill
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@chunkled
maybe we could speed it up
Richard Engel
@RichardEngel
Beware of what I call the dictator’s treadmill. Leaders who fear prosecution, jail or a life in court will do anything, even stoke violence, to stay in power. Happens all the time. Dictator’s treadmill, once you’re on, hard to get off.
5:25 PM · Nov 8, 2020
ᑕᕼᑌᑎK
@chunkled
maybe we could speed it up
Richard Engel
@RichardEngel
Beware of what I call the dictator’s treadmill. Leaders who fear prosecution, jail or a life in court will do anything, even stoke violence, to stay in power. Happens all the time. Dictator’s treadmill, once you’re on, hard to get off.
5:25 PM · Nov 8, 2020