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Not understanding his character defect & its effects on others, even experts under- & overestimate the tyrant-in-the-making. Many remain in denial about his emergence, despite the sound of his and his sycophants’ marching boots heard throughout the land. https://medium.com/@Elamika/tyranny-101-shock-and-awe-d51964831482
The underestimators may characterize him as a cheap huckster, for instance, not seeing the malevolence lurking behind the buffoonish, over-the-top facade. The overestimators see signs of political astuteness in his primitivism, mistaking the eruptions of his id for rational and..
...calculated maneuvers. They try to divine what they suspect are cunning grand designs for the world hegemony from ongoing expressions of his personal vindictiveness.
"Lacking concern for elementary considerations of justice, he needlessly creates enemies and sets himself on a path that leads to increasingly chaotic behavior on his part. In short, the tyrant is one who seeks and exercises powers for his own rather than the general interest...
...does it outside the law, and creates a political order based on extreme cruelties and distrust."
Plato and Aristotle taught that, more than 2000 years ago. We continue to refuse to learn.
Plato and Aristotle taught that, more than 2000 years ago. We continue to refuse to learn.
