• BigBenis@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    It is inevitable that an opposition would form against you. You either let the movement continue to gain traction and risk unseating you or you use your power in a corrupt manner to silence them.

    • HasturInYellow@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      In this particular case, it depends what you define as corrupt. If you are truly working towards the betterment of everyone under your power (even those that you are fighting against), then what becomes justifiable to that end?

    • Lumisal@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Not if you preemptively make what would be an opposition ideology illegal when making the country’s constitution