• SovereignState
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      1 year ago

      Xi and Putin simultaneously bumbling buffoons yet able to effectively manage the economies, militaries and public relations of nations with populations of 1.4 billion+ and 140 million+ people respectively single-handedly

      • @Munrock
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        251 year ago

        “The Enemy is portrayed as both weak and strong.”

        One of Umberto Eco’s telltale signs of fascism.

        • @redtea
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          191 year ago

          This is also how most Western leaders portray themselves, and westerners accept that too, so… at least there’s some consistency.

          • @Beat_da_Rich
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            181 year ago

            That’s exactly why it works. Projection. Westerners are so used to thinking one guy is in charge of (usually) messing up everything that they think that’s how every other government works too.