Edit: Sheesh. Some of you folks need this.

Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages

up·lift·ing /ˌəpˈliftiNG/

adjective

adjective: uplifting

inspiring happiness, optimism, or hope. “an uplifting story of triumph over adversity”

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      Franco was the first one I thought of. However, his fascism didn’t outlive him, and President Pedophile doesn’t have 36 years to go.

    • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      10 days ago

      Historians debate just how fascist Franco really was. In fact, Orwell wasn’t even that sure when he wrote Homage to Catalonia, and he was quite clear that he went to Spain expressly to kill a fascist.

      • IronBird@lemmy.world
        1·
        8 days ago

        i recall my spanish friend saying something like it wasnt really franco that was the problem, but all the aristocrats wanting to use him as their source of legitimacy

      • neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        9 days ago

        Those are well crafted, defensive dictatorships at this point that have had decades and decades to sow the seeds of complacency and authoritarian control of their population. In one of those examples, the people of NK worship Kim and his father and grandfather as literal gods. So Americans aren’t quite there yet.

        Not saying they’re super far off, but still a bit to travel before you get to centuries of repressed soviet/russian control and literal god-king dictators with an iron first around their populace.

        • OBJECTION!@lemmy.ml
          1·
          9 days ago

          In one of those examples, the people of NK worship Kim and his father and grandfather as literal gods.

          Lol, no they don’t.