In every authoritarian shift—from Germany to Russia to Venezuela—the window for safe and effective resistance closes quickly. What begins as difficult becomes dangerous, and ultimately, fatal.
Interestingly, Pinochet the right-wing military nationalist used the same repression methods as Castro the supposed communist, including throwing opponents from planes into the sea, imprisoning pregnant women opponents until they gave birth then giving their babies to people close to power before killing these women. Putin throws people off cliffs or buildings and steals Ukrainian children.
No matter if they pretend to be leftists, right-wing nationalists or religious, all authoritarian leaders are malignant narcissists. Their ideology is nothing but a manipulation tool to submit the population. Nowadays wannabe dictators don't use the communist ideology as much because it has been discredited but anyway, looking closely, dictators never respect the tenets of their pretend ideology. It's just there to fool the people into submission.
Interestingly, Pinochet the right-wing military nationalist used the same repression methods as Castro the supposed communist, including throwing opponents from planes into the sea, imprisoning pregnant women opponents until they gave birth then giving their babies to people close to power before killing these women. Putin throws people off cliffs or buildings and steals Ukrainian children.
No matter if they pretend to be leftists, right-wing nationalists or religious, all authoritarian leaders are malignant narcissists. Their ideology is nothing but a manipulation tool to submit the population. Nowadays wannabe dictators don't use the communist ideology as much because it has been discredited but anyway, looking closely, dictators never respect the tenets of their pretend ideology. It's just there to fool the people into submission.