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[–] yakko@feddit.uk 26 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

All he knows is how to act like a mafioso. I think he fundamentally doesn't understand what an alliance actually is.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

He doesn't understand what a mafioso does, either. He saw a couple gangster movies but didn't understand the subtext.

[–] Lawnman23@piefed.social 14 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

He fundamentally doesn’t understand a lot of geopolitical and basic human norms unfortunately.

Except for “might makes right” apparently… 😑

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

And he doesn't even know how to apply that properly. If you're going to be a bully and use hard power, you have to exercise said hard power against anyone who argues.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 hours ago

Weak-mindedness and hard power don't really work together.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

He doesn't have the heart to be a dictator. The guy likes the admiration too much and is scared of that going away, so he chickens out when a real dictator needs to get tough. By doing that he's showing weakness to the real dictators, the equivalent of having a "kick me" sign stuck to his back.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 7 minutes ago

If you are forced to pick between being feared and being loved, always pick being feared. it's more reliable.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 9 hours ago

“He” has a lot of people in the room making decisions.