Post by Henry Emeka (@Emekus)

Mortality is uncomfortable to confront this is universal. Humans avoid thinking about death. But for authoritarian rulers, the avoidance is amplified because:

Their identity is tied to power

They are surrounded by symbols of their own greatness

They rarely face personal limits

So they behave as if they’ll rule forever, even though no human does.

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