Timeline for How can I transition from a democracy to a dictatorship, from within the government?
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| May 18, 2017 at 13:38 | comment | added | Luaan | @IsaacKotlicky Caesar has bonus points for basically having no choice - by the time he was recalled to Rome, his options were "surrender and be executed" or "take over the whole thing". He was already a criminal (many times over), and the escalation of the threat of punishment made his move forced. Would he take over Rome if he didn't have to? We'll never know. Asimov made some brilliant deconstructions of Ancient Rome in his Foundation series, including the problems of "great generals". | |
| Mar 6, 2017 at 20:20 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | @DanBryant Not really. This is not a good way to control media as it invites attention and resistance to any attempts to control the media you are discrediting. It is very efficient method of controlling people who already distrust the media you are "discrediting", though. It is also pretty much the only way to use people who as a group do not really respond to attempts at positive or constructive dialogue as political capital to actually do something. | |
| Mar 2, 2017 at 15:46 | comment | added | Dan Bryant | Another trick if you can't outright control the media is to discredit it, casting unfavorable coverage of your regime as being blatant faked propaganda. Meanwhile, you use alternate mechanisms for disseminating information ('alternative facts', if you will) to a fervent populist base, which then becomes your primary lever for applying political pressure. It's a pretty far-fetched scenario though. | |
| Sep 12, 2015 at 2:47 | comment | added | Ville Niemi | @PyRulez That could be a Dilbert strip... | |
| Sep 12, 2015 at 0:40 | comment | added | Christopher King | "If the threat scenarios people fear only exist in your propaganda, you have to fail pretty bad before they actualize and you will look like you failed." Day 1 - "Citizens of Elbonia, we must unite against the unicorn threat." Day 2 - "We have surrendered to the unicorns." | |
| May 10, 2015 at 21:02 | vote | accept | user | ||
| May 10, 2015 at 11:51 | comment | added | Isaac Kotlicky | All of you are way behind: read up on Julius Caesar for his rise to power. In our case (the linked background) this is an immortal vampire, so Brutus has no way to assassinate him. | |
| May 9, 2015 at 10:02 | comment | added | Tonny | This reads like "the handbook for the popular dictator" written by Putin and Erdogan. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 16:43 | comment | added | Samuel | This reads just like that scene in V for Vendetta. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 15:29 | comment | added | erdekhayser | Watching episodes 1, 2 and 3 of Star Wars (the newer ones) shows how Palpatine rose from a senator to emperor, overthrowing democracy using war as an excuse. | |
| May 8, 2015 at 15:20 | comment | added | Holger | Of course, “external threat” includes “terrorism” which can come from the inside. Makes it easier to officially fight targets inside your own borders… | |
| May 8, 2015 at 9:26 | history | answered | Ville Niemi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |