Saw Death of a Salesman first time in years last night at http://www.ubuntutheaterproject.com/death-of-a-salesman/ (this Ubuntu is a charity, BTW ;-)) and was struck that the current US dictator is Willy Loman: well-liked, truthful, faithful, humble, non-delusional.

This has occurred to many others before, eg http://host.madison.com/wsj/opinion/mailbag/trump-is-modern-day-willy-loman----mike/article_626280a3... https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmcquaid/2016/07/21/nomination-of-a-salesman-donald-trumps-odd-and-d...