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Historical comparisons to Trump? (hexbear.net)
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What historical figures (recent or ancient) can compare to Trump?

Liberals will of course say Putin (which of course they know nothing about), but in my limited knowledge, Putin gained support by reighning in oligarchs and stabilizing the country. Trump is doing the opposite of this.

In my limited knowledge, he seems most like Boris Yeltsin. A complete dolt and perfect avatar for the terminal stage of a failed empire.

I think certain traits are unprecedented. He may be the most anti-social leader in history. His administration is doing things that don't make sense on a societal level, like defunding research for extreme weather and disease prevention.

Maybe this is just the most extreme form of narcissism on history: the entire world can end as long as I get what I want.

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[–] red_giant@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

I read a lot of Roman histories as a kid and these histories often had the most salacious stories about the emperors.

Like, “emperor x was a pedophile who trained young boys to nibble his nuts in the pool.” I think that was Augustus but I don’t exactly recall.

Anyway, at the time I thought these stories were obvious character assassination. The author of the history was writing to please the current emperor which meant trashing the previous dynasty.

Now, given current events, I think these histories were likely true. The rumors probably only captured a fraction of the depravity of the powerful.