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It’s okay that they think Maduro is a dictator. That’s not a crazy idea, to be fair, but I believe it’s a debatable idea, since parties in democracy may get overwhelming support, to the point, the leader of the State can accumulate enormous power. But I struggle to call it a dictatorship or an authoritarian regime, until they start changing laws so they can benefit from them directly without the stated support of the people by referendum. I honestly believe Maduro would have been out by now if it wasn’t for the antagonism of the USA and their pets. It’s easier for me to call Bukele a dictator. He kind of bent the law, exercising his authoritarian faculties, so the authorities could allow him to have a license from his presidential duties in order to participate in presidential elections. How can anyone further another symbolic fact? One time, in 2020, Bukele did enter the Legislative House guarded by soldiers and sat on the chair of the President of this power to make some speech. Dictators accommodate well enough to hegemonies since they will accept anything as long as they remain in power. They don’t defend sovereignty, they just defend their position.
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@NuclearDolphin@lemmy.ml · Dec 07
Notice these same people don’t come out of the woodwork upon the mere utterance of “El Salvador” or “Bukele” like they do with “Venezuela” and “Maduro” even as Trump is deporting legal citizens to CECOT. The words “dictatorship” and “authoritarianism” are clue words for followers of western publications to turn off their brains. They want to sort countries, parties, and leaders into neat little “good guys” and “bad guys” bins. These words allow them to do that with minimal effort, circumventing the need to understand the societies involved. Questioning that framing takes research effort and “sympathizing with authoritarians” so they never do it.
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