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Her commitment to nonviolent change dates to the days of antidemocratic strongman Hugo Chávez.

A percentage of babies born every day will manifest queer characteristics, and though countless strongmen have left fields of carnage in attempts to manage so-called bloodlines, nobody can override such DNA destiny.

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Libertarians like Paul have consistently embraced the concept of private tyranny, where one’s employer is entitled to rule as a strongman, but this is not even that.

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Orbán is a strongman, but he’s much more sophisticated in how he applies his dictatorial powers.

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Among the first moves in the strongman’s playbook is to take control of the media, starting with censoring news outlets and humorists.

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