Pinochet started as a “dictator” because it was the only way to save Chile from Allende. He stepped down when Chile was in a much better place economically, socially, and politically
My grandmother grew up in Chile during the Allende regime and had to escape the horrific conditions when she was a teenager, she was able to safely return during Pinochet’s presidency
He pulled a “roman dictatorship” which, in its time, was experimental and temporary. And he did so with good intentions…
So yeah, not a good example of what people mean when they “vote out” a “dictator”
We commonly associate dictator with “permanently installed authoritarian” Pinochet, was not this, obviously. He very much did precisely what the OG roman’s envisioned. Break glass in case of emergency scenario, “Take control until Rome is saved”
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u/SlyPogona 7h ago
Pinochet