SOUTH AMERICAN ELECTIONS
[two different people are being portrayed side by side]
Gabriela Rosa Sympatica
Elementary school teacher
Beloved by her community
Wants to improve lives
[portrait of a smiling woman in overalls]
Diego Hitlerio de la Junta
Son of a previous dictator
Went to jail for corruption
Wants to sterilize natives
[portrait of a frowning nasty looking character in military gear]
Temporary results (98% ballots counted):
[Gabriela] 49.9999%
[Diego] 50.0001%
Yeah first pass the post system does fucky things, but the issue is the dictator being viable and shows that there’s population of that country that supports their violence and oppression…
It’s like watching trump win the 2024 primaries and realizing maga is still core to the Republican party
The affinity towards dictators could be partially explained by this
https://youtu.be/rE3j_RHkqJc
And because of FPTPs ability to drown voices that are not popular, these dictatorial leaders tend to rise at the top, and only option becomes the other party. The equilibrium of FPTP is a two party system, exactly like the one we see in America.
Unfortunately Trump is a product of this exact machinery.
I say it’s more complicated in that these dictators control mass media and hence why the “vote dictator” germ is everywhere and sustained.
Back in 2016 people were saying that trump is a product of decades of propaganda. Like decades of propaganda got us to trump
In my opinion, the control of mass media is a problem that comes after you elect a dictator. Like we’re talking orban and netanyahu here. Trump did not have Media control until 2016. While arguably he did have some in 2024, his media control wasn’t this strong at any point in history.
Media control is the reason why getting rid of dictators is extremely hard. What I am talking about is what even gets them into the office in the first place