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Showing Original Post only (View all)Neil deGrasse Tyson on the popularity of dictatorships [View all]
Neil deGrasse Tyson
@neiltyson
In 1945 we defeated violent fascist leaders who controlled the press & public perceptions of truth. If you were 20 then, you are now 97 or dead.
I wonder if dictators are popular today because hardly anyone alive remembers the havoc they wrought & why we fought against them.
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Yes but there is so much intriguing history, battle strategy and romance as well.
Irish_Dem
Aug 2022
#45
Read Robert Pirsig's works (MOQ) to get one explanation. Biological Quality has been unleashed again
Tommymac
Aug 2022
#34
Democracys are hard to keep alive and need work. Dictatorships are easy... until they are not..nt
mitch96
Aug 2022
#6
Yes. The loss of the WWII Generation--the so-called "Greatest" is going to be the death of democracy
hlthe2b
Aug 2022
#7
Nazis only had 37% vote. Hitler, like Trump, was a bull shitter & promised different to everyone.
uponit7771
Aug 2022
#8
And lest we forget, Hitler (& Mussolini, etc) seized power with "mainstream conservative" connivance
peppertree
Aug 2022
#21
YES !!! Germany's industrialist excuse that "Hitler made us" doesn't pass the smell test of when he
uponit7771
Aug 2022
#36
Short Attention Span Theatre- USA. Not just us though. Philippines comes to mind. 90% Marcos/Duerte
Evolve Dammit
Aug 2022
#15
Dictators are attractive to extremists who think their beliefs are being ignored.
Lonestarblue
Aug 2022
#18
... but they mistakenly think they will be the few thousand elites actually in charge.
keithbvadu2
Aug 2022
#30
No shit! My dad was in a nazi prison camp in Germany after his plane was shot down.
BComplex
Aug 2022
#48
I've wondered the same thing. I'm 70, and it's hard for me to believe how long ago we fought WWII.
Martin68
Aug 2022
#50
They'd also remember DeGrasse Tyson was accused of sexual assault 4x in one year...
NullTuples
Aug 2022
#57