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Der_andere_Baron t1_jds7ovf wrote

Reply to comment by KereneL in Netanyahu acted illegally by getting involved in judicial overhaul, says Israel's attorney general by LengthExact

... to no effect apparently.

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PPQue6 t1_jds9xqu wrote

Dictators and authoritarians have no need to be concerned with public opinion

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MeatsimPD t1_jdsd074 wrote

Not true at all, they all fear revolution

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NoHalf2998 t1_jdt6h2u wrote

They really don’t

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MeatsimPD t1_jdt6w71 wrote

Then why oppress so hard?

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NoHalf2998 t1_jdt80aa wrote

That’s actually why they don’t worry.

It’s when they take the boot OFF the neck that revolutions happen. The safest thing for a dictator to do is run their country ruthlessly.

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AwesomeDude1236 t1_jdtmoz2 wrote

You just explained that they worry about revolution, so they rule their country with an iron fist. This is exactly what the other guy’s argument was lol.

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NoHalf2998 t1_jdupu9q wrote

Except that they don’t have to worry about it as long as they keep it up.

This belief that people will “rise up” and fight dictators is seriously wishful thinking

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Del_3030 t1_jdtn9tx wrote

You know what the worst thing about being a slave is?

They make you work hard without paying you or letting you go.

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