• P1k1e
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    7 days ago

    …I can’t fucking believe anyone considers that dimwit charismatic

    • Lutoures
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      6 days ago

      “Charismatic leadership” is an expression often used in political theory to describe leaders who are able to agrue a personal following and use it for political gain, in a level unlike that of most politicians, to whom support is way more conditional.

      It’ doesn’t necessarily mean the same as “approachable” , or anything that “charismatic” usually is used to describe. It’s been used to describe figures as awful as Hitler or Mussolini.