MuhammadHamza1
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I can say many things.Hitler is in a class of his own. He suspended the democratic process of his country by bringing it into a "state of emergency" (edit: to be precise, it was called the "Enabling Act" or the "Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Reich" and was to last 4 years but was renewed twice). Trump and Erdogan are fools in many respects, but they don't enjoy watching people getting burned at stakes as far as I know, and there are limits to what they can do... There is talk of Trump getting impeached if he crosses certain lines. Trump does what he thinks is "right for America", but he forgets to weigh the (long-term) consequences of many of his actions, likely out of ignorance to a large extent. Erdogan... he barely won the referendum in his country despite all the propaganda (and the "no" side being virtually absent). I doubt that he will be able to do too much real damage to his own country or neighboring countries as he has lukewarm support (at best) from his population, assuming that the referendum was fair and that there weren't gross anomalies.
Imagine how much worst the situation would be in Turkey or the US if instead of having an "indirect democracy", there was a "dictatorship" led by Erdogan/Trump. Indirect democracies still offer some protection from despots, though I don't consider either to qualify as a despot yet (just as idiotic politicians).
Edit #2: A quote from Erdogan himself on democracy: "According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background". He is clearly not too hot for democracy.
And I can beat you on all forums.
But the thing is,they will delete my comments again.