1. Crackdowns shape optics, and optics shape uprisings.
  2. Heavy-handed responses can lead to more violent protests.
  3. Crackdowns can be steppingstones to wider power grabs.
  • Almacca@aussie.zone
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    21 days ago

    The confusing thing to me is, have they not also seen how those regimes always end?

    • MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      No dictator thinks they’re gonna get Ghadaffi’d until they’re mid spit-roasting on a sword. Our job now is to make very sure they understand that it’s a real fucking threat and we’ll follow through.

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      21 days ago

      Not always. I’m from Spain, and you can read about how our dictator Francisco Franco ended his life (spoiler alert: his regime lasted from 1939 to 1977).

      Unfortunately, the real world is not like a movie where wars are always won by those who defend the most just cause.

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      21 days ago

      What do you mean, “always?” Way too many dictators have lived to a ripe old age and died peacefully of natural causes.