Oh NOW I understand why Elspode feels the nation is fascist

mrnoodle · 09-13-2006, 11:08 AM

Nah, that's far too machiavellian. If you're going to set up a dictatorship, you need to strike while the iron is hot. Like, say that Bush had gone nuts with closing borders and bugging phones and all those other horrible things the day after 9/11 -- everyone would have lapped it up like sweet milk. Trying to gain the kind of power a fascist dictator needs by instituting a bunch of incremental changes takes way too long. He's only got 4 years at a time to get this done. If he wanted to Rule The World, he would've moved much faster.

09-13-2006, 11:08 AM	#11
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	Nah, that's far too machiavellian. If you're going to set up a dictatorship, you need to strike while the iron is hot. Like, say that Bush had gone nuts with closing borders and bugging phones and all those other horrible things the day after 9/11 -- everyone would have lapped it up like sweet milk. Trying to gain the kind of power a fascist dictator needs by instituting a bunch of incremental changes takes way too long. He's only got 4 years at a time to get this done. If he wanted to Rule The World, he would've moved much faster. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

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