The thing is, guys like this always assume that, under the dictatorship, they’d be some kind of high priest or intellectual tecnocrat, tucked away in their high tower overlooking the bucolic meadows where the masses toil. They would devote themselves to meditating and imagineering ways to a better life for the simple people down below. The wise and benevolent leader would look to them for advice in solving the problems of his beloved kingdom. It would be a tranquil life, devoted to mind and spirit.
They never see themselves as the guy slogging through the mud behind the water buffalo, or getting his butt kicked by police goons.
Right with you. friedman is another media moron that thinks that they are part of the government. He has no clue of history. When dictatorships come into power, the press is one of the first groups of people who are targeted. The commies call them “useful idiots”.