Globally, "dictatorial governments" increasing. Scholars and "little people" are wondering "how come"?

Here is the recipe:

a) Be a populist polititian, get elected.

b) Declare that the country is in bad shape in need of "rectifications" of all sorts.

c) In order to enforce "rectifications" you arm your followers with sub-machine guns and most importantly: Pay them a salary surpassing the average income by a factor of at least 3 plus plenty of other fringe benefits. This is the most important factor when it cmes to establish and maintain a dictatorship. This concept works everytime. Attaching "security forces" to you (the Dictator). =If I go under all the priviledged security forces will go under with me. Possibly the strongest motivation to keep a dictatorship alive by the beneficiaries.

Needless to say, that this Kalaschnikof toting minority will do everything to keep their "breadgiver" dictator in power.

Is this "news"? No, this concept goes back to biblical times. "Democracy" is a young fragile plant. An endangered fragile plant. Unfortunately.

Remarkably, originally future dictators have mostly been voted into office by the "populace". Current political trends, pointing in such directions (even in the "western world) would be purely hypothetical. Or is it?

6 minutes ago, swissie said:

a) Be a populist polititian, get elected.

b) Declare that the country is in bad shape in need of "rectifications" of all sorts.

sounds like tipping point emergency, did IPCC tell you

5 minutes ago, mordothailand said:

sounds like tipping point emergency, did IPCC tell you

Who or what is IPCC ? (= I do not frequent social media and it's cryptic messanges).

13 hours ago, swissie said:

Be a populist polititian, get elected.

Lenin and Stalin and Mao werent elected.

14 hours ago, swissie said:

Here is the recipe:

a) Be a populist polititian, get elected.

b) Declare that the country is in bad shape in need of "rectifications" of all sorts.

c) In order to enforce "rectifications" you arm your followers with sub-machine guns

So you're talking about UK Starmer and all the other EU/Aussie leaders?

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

So you're talking about UK Starmer and all the other EU/Aussie leaders?

No , point a : the EU leaders were never populist and are not elected by the people.

14 hours ago, swissie said:

Who or what is IPCC ? (= I do not frequent social media and it's cryptic messanges).

International Panel of Climate Change

12 minutes ago, mordothailand said:

International Panel of Climate Change

Not splash proof electronics then?

The book on that was already written. It's called "Project 2025".