oh yeah no it wasn't material conditions of mass poverty/exploitation and general loss of faith in current governance to solve the systemic issues underlying society it was the Great Man that did the thing ooo the big spooky great man ooooo

final assignment in this class thank fucking god

  • thisismyrealname [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    literally backwards causality

    those things don't happen because of populist leaders, populist leaders get elected because people see that shit happening and a populist message sounds appealing as a solution

    liberals are the biggest fucking morons i stg

    • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Nazi Germany happened because Hitler was just that skilled a public speaker there was no people being disilusioned and due to the first world war used to the idea of violence as a solution to problems.

      there was just this evil guy with 10 points in charisma

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Tyranny is when someone in power actually addresses the problems in society.

      I mean sometimes that does happen but that's a matter of their solution to the contradictions not the contradictions proper.