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Are you likely to "disappear"?
I like the comments in reply pepole do feel pride whe thay have the oppotunity to vote, you could take the example of China who offer citizens the cance to vote for there representative...yes there…Continue
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BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?
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Is a BENIGN DICTATORSHIP better than a BAD DEMOCRACY,where the bureaucracy would hinder development and only allow a percentage to get mega rich exploiting the States wealth and not passing on the…Continue
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Rebecca Meredith replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?
Janaki Bhayani replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"I agree with Alex ...the voter has to look to the future and how secure can a country really be when there is no certainty ...will the future leader be 'benign' as well? A democracy has the scope for improvement. Also for me personally,…"
April Williamson replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"My question is what you can define as a democracy. Although ideologically a democracy will be the voice of the people, there are a lot of examples of democracies which are virtually dictatorships, despite the people having the right to vote.…"
Alex Darby replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"I think everyone's looking at this dilemma only in the short term. I would personally choose a bad democracy over a benign dictatorship any day.
Even if you live in a benign dictatorship, you still run the risk of the next leader being someone…"
Bridget Minamore replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"you'd be surprised. Humans are emotional creature & our emotions are illogical - if we became practical 99% of world conflict would be over tomorrow. I'm not sure about everyone, but in a small country like Ghana where my family comes…"
Robert Firth replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"Can anybody think of any "GOOD" dictatorships? Yes there are some countries which trundle along fairly well or excel with a dictatorship like leadership. However as some of these countries may excel there will be areas which they will be…"
Harry Naio replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"the problem is that pride is an emotional response rather than anything practical, I would argue that very few people who are starving and dying would choose pride in their democracy over an autocratic leader with their interests at heart."
Simon Connell posted a discussionAre you likely to "disappear"?
I like the comments in reply pepole do feel pride whe thay have the oppotunity to vote, you could take the example of China who offer citizens the cance to vote for there representative...yes there all from the same party and all do the smae thing but the pepole get the chance to choose. Could you say that this is what a bad democracy would be like? In a benign dictatorship at least the ultamat result would be good. To play delves advocate, a benign dictatorship would be for the grater…See More
Bridget Minamore replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"I think I would rather have live in a stable society & have nothing to do w/ government too, but a lot of people wouldn't. The pride surrounding democracy is so huge, and is so hyped up by the West that I think a lot of people would feel…"
Attia replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"Exactly..
'd rather be living in a stable society and have nothing to do with the government rather than live in an unbalanced society caused by "democracy".
We're all conditioned to think that stability comes as a result of…"
Attia replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"Good pointttt bridget!! I didnt think of that....At the same time, though, would the people think they're being dictated to? Leadership should never be imposed , the government shouldn't be something people can always FEEL the presense of,…"
Harry Naio replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"I would personally agree that pride is really important, but I'd rather live comfortably, democracy can come later but first the country needs to be free standing, or close to it. if not a fragile democracy will be overthrown and replaced by…"
Bridget Minamore replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"All the previous comments are so true, but i'm tempted to say a bad democracy. Even though a dictator may improve the wellbeing of the people, the people feel as if they are being dictated to and in a lot of cases this causes personal unrest.…"
Attia replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"Yep, I agree with the above comments...in my opinion a benign dictatorship is much better and more beneficial than a bad democracy. Shame the western countries are only concerned with spreading the latter!"
Harry Naio replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"yes, however it is important that if there is a dictatorship that it's not only economic well being that is being increased. to use the hitler example, yes there was improvement in the economy but at the cost of one of the most evil acts in…"
Amaka Uchegbu replied to Simon Connell's discussion BENIGN DICTATORSHIP or BAD DEMOCRACY - WHAT'S BETTER?"I agree, so far as the person/people in control of a nation manages to improve the general wellbeing of it's inhabitants, the type of government in power does not matter as such. For example, if we compare hitler's Germany to a corrupt…"
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