Many wonder if he’ll seek political vengeance against people he views as disloyal.
Ron DeSantis is out of the Republican presidential race. But in Florida, his second term as governor has only just gotten started.
As DeSantis returns to Tallahassee, the state capital is ablaze with speculation — and anxiety — about how the governor will wield power in the remaining almost-three years of his term. How will he seek to rebuild his stature in Florida after washing out at the national level? Will he lay the groundwork to run for president again?
And, most of all: Will he take political retribution against Republicans who he sees as having betrayed him in the presidential race?
Francisco Franco’s regime didn’t become hereditary. Neither did Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Augusto Pinochet, Syngman Rhee or Park Chung Hee. Rafael Trujillo was succeeded by his son; that lasted about 5 months.
Most authoritarian “communist” regimes don’t become hereditary, either. Not Mao, not Stalin, not Pol Pot, not Ho Chi Minh. Raúl Castro had power for a while after Fidel’s health was failing, but he’s out of power now and it’s not been picked up by others in the Castro family.
Just try finding 20th century dictatorships that became hereditary. It just doesn’t happen. North Korea is the exception.
The fact that they didn’t doesn’t mean that they wouldn’t have. Saddam Hussein specifically was grooming his sons to take over and had given them positions in said hierarchies to do so. The only reason they didn’t was that America killed them all. Trujillo as you said did in the Dominican Republic. But was cut short because of American interference and the fact that his father was a brutal and not very well-liked man. Whose lead he followed That does not negate the fact that they were indeed intended to be hereditary. Only showing that other empires will interfere when they can.
ML are not communists. They never have been, and more importantly never will be. No matter what they call themselves. That said, it is true. They are often a bit of a different beast. At least to begin with. Militarily reserving power. There’s often a pre-existing hierarchy with lots of competing influences. Eventually though they always whittle down, consolidating power until one is left. Most of them never lasted long enough to do that though. But make no mistake with assigning xi jinping as leader for life in China. They’ve laid the groundwork for their transition to a possible future hereditary rule. It won’t be xi jinping’s family. But likely the next leader they put forward if they last that long. It’s such an ingrained thing in human nature. We may never actually ultimately escape it.
You still haven’t answered this.