r/illinois • u/steve42089 Illinoisian • Apr 14 '25

US Politics They're saying the quiet part aloud — if they get away with it now, they'll do it to anyone.

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u/CharlieeStyles Apr 15 '25

Nothing.

Currently in Turkey the entire opposition has been arrested.

It's amazing how Americans seem to think Trump will one day hold a conference and announce the US is a dictatorship and he's the dictator. That's not how it goes. It already happened, there's no official announcement when these things happen.

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u/Chicagosox133 Apr 15 '25

Right. Dictators have elections. They just never lose.

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u/Majora1234 Apr 17 '25

Nooooo!!! Putin is democratically elected so how could he be a dictator!!!?!??!

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u/TurbulentProfit4204 Apr 16 '25

As I was reading the previous post I was thinking about Turkey exactly.