Anonymous
8/4/2025, 10:55:35 PM No.127288780
It’s hard not to notice the double standard: some of the same people who lionize Haile Selassie, an autocratic monarch who ruled for decades without elections are quick to denounce Donald Trump as a dangerous authoritarian. That’s more than ironic. It’s intellectually inconsistent.
Selassie Was Literally a King
Let’s be blunt: Haile Selassie was not just a ruler, he was an emperor: unelected, untouchable, and surrounded by a feudal elite. He crushed dissent, ran a top-down regime, and held onto power with an iron grip. Yet somehow he’s praised as a liberator and divine figure by many who rail against Western “strongmen” like Trump. If Trump gave himself a crown and shut down Congress, would these same critics call him the “Lion of Judah”? Doubtful.
2. Selective Outrage
Trump’s critics scream “authoritarianism” if he questions an election or criticizes the media. Fair enough scrutiny of power is healthy. But where’s that same energy for a man who ruled a country where opposition parties were a joke and peasants barely had rights? Selassie wasn’t tweeting mean things, he was imprisoning dissenters and centralizing power. Somehow that gets a pass, probably because he wasn’t white and didn’t have a golf course.
3. Romanticizing One, Demonizing the Other
Let’s not pretend this is purely about policy or leadership style. Selassie gets a glowing halo because he stood up to European imperialism and became a symbol of black pride. Fair. But symbolism isn’t a substitute for reality. Praising a monarch who ruled without consent of the governed while condemning a guy who ran for office (and won) makes for a confused worldview.
Selassie Was Literally a King
Let’s be blunt: Haile Selassie was not just a ruler, he was an emperor: unelected, untouchable, and surrounded by a feudal elite. He crushed dissent, ran a top-down regime, and held onto power with an iron grip. Yet somehow he’s praised as a liberator and divine figure by many who rail against Western “strongmen” like Trump. If Trump gave himself a crown and shut down Congress, would these same critics call him the “Lion of Judah”? Doubtful.
2. Selective Outrage
Trump’s critics scream “authoritarianism” if he questions an election or criticizes the media. Fair enough scrutiny of power is healthy. But where’s that same energy for a man who ruled a country where opposition parties were a joke and peasants barely had rights? Selassie wasn’t tweeting mean things, he was imprisoning dissenters and centralizing power. Somehow that gets a pass, probably because he wasn’t white and didn’t have a golf course.
3. Romanticizing One, Demonizing the Other
Let’s not pretend this is purely about policy or leadership style. Selassie gets a glowing halo because he stood up to European imperialism and became a symbol of black pride. Fair. But symbolism isn’t a substitute for reality. Praising a monarch who ruled without consent of the governed while condemning a guy who ran for office (and won) makes for a confused worldview.
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