• Revan343@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    It’s happened on incredibly rare occasion. The problem is they don’t stay benevolent; eventually the benevolent dictator dies or is deposed, and their replacement is never so kind

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      If they were so benevolent, they would give up the power that could be abused later. They just wanted to seem benevolent.