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* Democratic Elections are a more civilized form of this. [[Sleazy Politician|Well sort of]]. When you think about it they are a non-violent [[Combat by Champion]] involving an exchange of insults until the one whose reputation has been least destroyed gets the privilege of taking office and being blamed for all the evils of the world for his entire term. In any case it is about giving power to the one who was victorious in a contest.
* This trope is a nice summation of the fascist worldview. In the 1930s and '40s, when it was also sometimes referred to as "Realism" in relation to foreign policy, Orwell summed it up with a supposed quote from Germany's "Iron Chancellor" Bismark: when asked if a failure in foreign policy had been caused by being too harsh to a defeated enemy, Bismark was supposed to have replied "No, it was clearly caused because we ''weren't harsh enough''".
* Americans seem to love electing U.S. Presidents who were war heroes. [[George Washington]] is the [[Ur-Example]] here, with [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] being a more modern example. Others notable Presidents who fought in wars were [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Ulysses S. Grant]], and [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. A full list of Presidents' military service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States_by_military_service|is found here.]
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