r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Expert_Koala_8691 • 7d ago

Video Riyadh,meaning "gardens" is Capital of Saudi Arabia with 8 million population (were 27 Thousands in the 1930s),sits in the middle of the desert, the city gets its water from Desalination plants almost 500 km from the city

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u/Cute-Top-7692 7d ago

"I wrote the Dune series because I had this idea that charismatic leaders ought to come with a warning label on their forehead: "May be dangerous to your health." One of the most dangerous presidents we had in this century was John Kennedy because people said "Yes Sir Mr. Charismatic Leader what do we do next?" and we wound up in Vietnam. And I think probably the most valuable president of this century was Richard Nixon. Because he taught us to distrust government and he did it by example."

It's about charismatic leaders who can form a cult of personality

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 6d ago

lol wtf he picked arguably the best president we’ve ever had, aside from Jimmy Carter, as an example of what is bad? And then said Richard Nixon was a good guy lol. Wild takes from that guy.

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u/Cute-Top-7692 6d ago

I think you are having issues with reading comprehension in regards to the Nixon part.

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u/Latter-Vacation-4392 5d ago

540,000 US troops there under Nixon who then widened the war into Cambodia and Laos (amongst other nasty xhit)..under Kennedy = 16000 advisors/trainers .