• norbert_waggletail@lemmy.today
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    3 months ago

    I mean, I get it, but I always feel like linking trump to fictional villains is not doing him justice. If I remember the books correctly Baron Harkonnen was a somewhat competent dictator.

    • perviouslyiner@lemmy.world
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      1 month ago

      I feel like there is some sort of trade comparison to be made here (build up spice reserves before having to cede control of the deliberately-damaged production facilities, and then selling those reserves as the new government flounders with a broken situation) - but honestly not sure which world leader that best represents at the moment?