One more step, in the guidelines to becoming a dictator, that Trump took today!

[Mashmont]

That's the truth. Sorry if you are offended by it , you should be offended by trump like the rest of us.

It’s the truth that Reiner was a leftwing slime ball

 

[Mashmont]

Smaller governments are easier to control if you want to take over.

Yet no dictator has ever shrank govt.

 

[Stann]

Only "rest of us" offended are the leftist-socialist-marxist parasites who wanted another DemocRAT grifter as POTUS.

Peace anr quiet are all I want but you trumpers don't even know what that is anymore

 

[Stann]

Yet no dictator has ever shrank govt.

Augusto Pinochet did it .

 

[Mashmont]

Augusto Pinochet did it .

So he did.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Augusto Pinochet did it .

He also voluntarily left office.

 

[westwall]

How gullible and stupid are you???? Trump is crashing the US economy - again!!!!

There is ZERO new dollars being invested since Trump was elected. Manufacturing has SHRUNK since Trump was elected.

U.S. manufacturing shrinks for ninth month as new orders fall: ISM

“The health of the U.S. manufacturing sector gets more worrying the more you scratch under the surface,” an S&P Global Market Intelligence economist said.

www.cfodive.com

US manufacturing posts worst contraction in nine months

July’s factory data shows steep declines in hiring, orders, and confidence

manufacturing-today.com

US manufacturing jobs have plunged since Trump’s tariffs

Payrolls fell again in September's jobs report—a slide that has accelerated since the President’s Liberation Day rollout.

www.newsweek.com

Less than you.

 

[Stryder50]

President Trump fires BLS commissioner after July jobs report​

President Trump said in a social media post Friday afternoon that he directed members of his administration to fire Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, after the BLS on Friday published the July jobs report that contained what it called "larger than normal" revisions to data from May and June.

Controlling the information given to the people, is one of the steps that Dictators need to control the population.

The dictator’s dilemma: The distortion of information flow in autocratic regimes and its consequences​

This is what Trump is now trying to destroy!

AI Overview

The United States has a long-standing reputation for its robust system of collecting and disseminating labor and economic statistics. Agencies like the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are key players in this effort.
Here's why the US is seen as a leader in this field:

• Established history: The BLS, established in 1884, has a long history of collecting high-quality data on various aspects of the nation's economy, including labor force participation, wages, prices, and productivity. Similarly, the BEA, founded in 1972, provides crucial data on national, regional, industry, and international economic accounts, including the widely-cited Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• Comprehensive data collection: The BLS and BEA collect data through a combination of surveys, censuses, and administrative records, producing a broad range of statistics on employment, unemployment, wages, inflation (measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI)), and productivity, among other indicators. For example, the BLS conducts the Current Population Survey (CPS) to gather labor force information from households.
• Accuracy and Impartiality: BLS data aims to be relevant, timely, accurate, impartial, and accessible to all users. The BLS is committed to independence from partisan interests, ensuring its data's credibility and reliability.
• Impact on Policy and Decision-Making: U.S. economic data significantly impacts policymakers, researchers, businesses, and the public. This data informs critical decisions related to monetary policy, tax and budget projections, and business investment plans, among others.

Here is an example of the opposite, by a country run by a Dictator:

Putin’s War on Truth​

Trump continues to follow the guidelines for becoming a dictator.

For those supporting Trump, I hope that you enjoy (and can live with) the cutting off of data, statistics, and facts in order to support fake truths that Trump wants you to believe.

How about doing what you thread topic hints at, show us:

guidelines to becoming a dictator​

Along with you source on such ~URL
(Or are just making these up as go ?)

 

[Stann]

How about doing what you thread topic hints at, show us:

guidelines to becoming a dictator​

Along with you source on such ~URL
(Or are just making these up as go ?)

Look up the 14 characteristics of fascism. trump now fits all 14 of them.

 

[Lockback]

Look up the 14 characteristics of fascism. trump now fits all 14 of them.

Wrong party, pal.

 

[Stann]

Wrong party, pal.

So you put up a poster from the list in Chief and you believe him not the facts ? Go figure you trumpers Those characteristics fit him to a tee. Nice guys aren't authoritarian figures. Authoritarian figures want to control people and their wealth. Think for a change.

 

[JoeB131]

Wrong party, pal.

So he gave you a whole list of fascist things TRump does.

And you came up with a meme.

Good work.

 

[Lockback]

So he gave you a whole list of fascist things TRump does.

And you came up with a meme.

Good work.

Have you ever done good work?
I don't recall any.

 

[Stryder50]

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
...
While Eco is firm in claiming “There was only one Nazism,” he says, “the fascist game can be played in many forms, and the name of the game does not change.” Eco reduces the qualities of what he calls “Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism” down to 14 “typical” features. “These features,” writes the novelist and semiotician, “cannot be organized into a system; many of them contradict each other, and are also typical of other kinds of despotism or fanaticism. But it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it.”
...

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse?

www.openculture.com

There's also this, which would seem to predate Eco's.

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of Fascism - Vox Populi​

Not all 14 would apply to Trump (and then vaguely, with a stretch), and about as many would also apply to Obama and Biden.

 

[JoeB131]

Have you ever done good work?
I don't recall any.

I do fantastic work. I have a full time job and run two businesses.

 

[Stryder50]

I do fantastic work. I have a full time job and run two businesses.

 

[Stann]

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism
...
While Eco is firm in claiming “There was only one Nazism,” he says, “the fascist game can be played in many forms, and the name of the game does not change.” Eco reduces the qualities of what he calls “Ur-Fascism, or Eternal Fascism” down to 14 “typical” features. “These features,” writes the novelist and semiotician, “cannot be organized into a system; many of them contradict each other, and are also typical of other kinds of despotism or fanaticism. But it is enough that one of them be present to allow fascism to coagulate around it.”
...

Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse?

www.openculture.com

No thanks. I'll stick with the original , clearly defined version of the 14 characteristics of fascism. You revisionists want to change everything of you do that then yours become our truth. Don't care to live in an upside down world that has lost faith in itself.

 

[Stryder50]

No thanks. I'll stick with the original , clearly defined version of the 14 characteristics of fascism. You revisionists want to change everything of you do that then yours become our truth. Don't care to live in an upside down world that has lost faith in itself.

Web-search showed quit a few links, the two I presented seemed the most likely to apply.
Show your 14 so we can see where you differ from the "experts".

 

[Stryder50]

No thanks. I'll stick with the original , clearly defined version of the 14 characteristics of fascism. You revisionists want to change everything of you do that then yours become our truth. Don't care to live in an upside down world that has lost faith in itself.

A lot of projection there Komrade.

 

[Stann]

Web-search showed quit a few links, the two I presented seemed the most likely to apply.
Show your 14 so we can see where you differ from the "experts".

Lawrence W. Britts' version. That is true in all cases.