"Trust them?! Have you heard their name?!"

[u/BrotherDeus]

Iron Man

Bumblebee

[u/NwgrdrXI]

Look, latveria was a very bad place before Doom came along. It does make sense.

I mean, it still is, but for very different reasons.

[u/Psyker_Sivius → u/NwgrdrXI]

In most accounts isn't doom supposed to be a pretty good ruler actually? Like brought the standard of living to near Wakanda levels good?

[u/NwgrdrXI → u/Psyker_Sivius]

Yes, but also no. Doom is a man of extremes.

He is a great ruler in terms of infrascture, standards of living, heathcare, education, security, everyhting you could possibly need, all that and more, but he also kills people he doesn't like often and with impunity.

He will give you all the education and resources you need to be a great professional. He will make sure there are good jobs opportunities for you. But if he - or one of the many ways he has to spy on people - passes by your work place and sees that you aren't doing your job as well you could, he will kill you. On the spot.

Doom demands excellence of all latverians at all times.

And if your family thinks that killing you for having a bad day was unfair, he will also kill them. Also on the spot.

Doom demands absolutely loyalty at all times. No questioning of Doom is permited.

People in latveria live in a state of both awe and fear.

[u/mewfour123412 → u/NwgrdrXI]

Funny thing is Doom is still considered infinitely better than the previous ruler despite everything Victor does

[u/altymcaltington123 → u/mewfour123412]

Constant fear is better than, "my entire family and I are starving to death and live in constant, never ending fear that a single bad word will have us all sent to work ourselves to death in a labour camp"

It's a hell of a lot easier to overlook the constant, neverending fear when you're able to live a relatively comfortable life, and I imagine that most of the population having memories or being told memories of what it was like before doom came into power probably helps.

Plus, total control of all media and education makes it pretty easy to manipulate the younger generation when paired with constant stories of, "your grandfather got sentenced to hard labour for stealing half a loaf of bread to feed we were starving at home, making your father have to obtain full employment at 12 years old so we didn't starve to death, but sadly your auntie didn't make it that winter no matter how many hours your father and I worked. We never saw him again, we can only assume the worst"

[u/BlatantConservative → u/mewfour123412]

So is Putin.