Because they defined the opposition as evil beyond redemption, they can't use other tools. So they keep getting out the hammer and smashing their own feet.
Because they defined the opposition as evil beyond redemption, they can't use other tools. So they keep getting out the hammer and smashing their own feet.
Because they're the same sort of unimaginative self-centered authoritarians tapping the want sort of impulses.
The main difference is that GOP office holders still have some risk of losing their jobs and/or going to jail. Putin may get couped, but he doesn't have to worry about elections.
Because they defined the opposition as evil beyond redemption, they can't use other tools. So they keep getting out the hammer and smashing their own feet.
Oddly, or not, Putin uses identical rhetoric in characterizing what's wrong with Ukraine and Ukrainians.
Because they're the same sort of unimaginative self-centered authoritarians tapping the want sort of impulses.
The main difference is that GOP office holders still have some risk of losing their jobs and/or going to jail. Putin may get couped, but he doesn't have to worry about elections.