No it does not. I didn't say it did. I simply stated that this is a normal mode of operation for dictators to assume power.
Yes but you are comparing what Andrew Jackson said, to what Hitler did. At least people knew where Andrew Jackson stood on the issues. Hitler deliberately did not say what he really wanted to do. We know now because we can see what he did.
Similarly, we don't really know where Obama stands on nearly anything.
I'm not worried about specific policies so much as the general mode of operation. I doubt Obama is going to open Auschwitz in the US, and start gassing Christians.
Every dictator has had it's own set of oppressive policies, whether it be the 5% population reduction of Ho Chi Mhin, or Pol Pot's killing fields, or Stalin's Gulags. I'm not worried Obama has a specific policy that matches a specific dictator of history. That's not the question.
The question is, how did these dictators get into power? They got into power using empty vague language that may have been great oratory and charisma, but ultimately made it impossible for people to know the true beliefs and policies the dictator supported.
Similarly, Obama won the election with the most ignorant of people, who knew nothing of what he stands for, but knew his cheezy empty slogans of "hope" and "change" and "yes we can" without saying what.
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