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[–] mech@feddit.org 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Chile actually voted out their dictator.

[–] AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 month ago

then what happened

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So did Brazil, and they actually threw theirs in prison.

[–] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, Bolsonaro was not a dictator; if he had been, we wouldn't have been able to remove him. He had far less power than he thought; that's why voting worked.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

I would argue the same is true of Trump. It certainly was in his first term. This term has all the aesthetics of authoritarianism, but he is failing to consolidate power, which is kind of pathetic considering how much power in the US was ready to surrender on day one.

[–] Tja@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Same as most Eastern Block countries. Except Romania, they chose other ways.