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The list of billionaires spending big in a last-ditch effort to keep Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The reign of terror in France led to Napoleon becoming emperor. It was not even a short term solution, let alone long term. It would probably be cathartic, but I don't think it would repair democracy.

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You should read about Napoleon. He was actually a pretty decent ruler. This is by no means an endorsement of authoritarian rule "so long as it's the right ruler". But when you look at the what existed before and what came immediately after, I believe he's unfairly maligned.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

My impression is he didn't know when to stop. He could have had a much longer lasting rule of a decent sized territory, but he never stopped spending tens of thousands of soldiers lives on expansion.

[–] cabillaud@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

The Reign of Terror didn't lead to Napoléon beeing emperor, there has been at least 5 years of another regime between the two