1. Is Trump a weak & ineffective president or is he an authoritarian menace? Spoiler alert: you can be both!
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4. I puzzle through the incompetent/authoritarian debate here, with guest appearances by
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Nicholas II an especially good example. Extremely incompetent leader, and very repressive.
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Trump has the ego of Louis XIV with the competency of Louis XVI
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Not really. Nicholas II was a clod, but from Peter the Great onwards, most, apart from an imprisoned youngster and two misfits (who didn't last), were sharp enough. To be fair, Alexander I lost it half way through.
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but the czarist secret police were very effective and organized, no?
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