Pfft, everyone knows a dictatorship would be more successful than a democracy. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Look a Castro, awesome guy, and America says he's a dictator.
Western countries 'too democratic'?
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I vote we send your friend to North Korea, so he can experience the greatness of a dictatorship, and Kim Jong won't be so ronery [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh_9QhRzJEs&feature=related].Deviluk said:
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Too democratic? Since when do politicians in democratic countries listen? They just say pretty things when we have to vote, and even then all say the same thing...
Too democratic? Since when do politicians in democratic countries listen? They just say pretty things when we have to vote, and even then all say the same thing...
the real problem is that a lot of people think forms of government and systems of economy are the same thing.....there are countries out there that are democratic but are not capitalist....
A single person's integrity can never be guaranteed. Hell, neither can that of a committee or a party. They're just people like us.
What we need is a super-computer as Prime Minister/Taoiseach/President etc.
Also, the kind of capitalism that led to this recession has consigned governments to the the role of the metaphorical cat-herder, really.
What we need is a super-computer as Prime Minister/Taoiseach/President etc.
Also, the kind of capitalism that led to this recession has consigned governments to the the role of the metaphorical cat-herder, really.
Politicians sit in an impossible situation.
One the one hand, they're expected to do what best represents their people under the principles most functional democracies use of elected officials instead of direct democracy (constant referendum).
And on the other they're expected to do what is (morally) right for the country, often without the wider populace knowing or understanding the complexities of the truth. I don't like that Britain seemingly joined the invasion of Iraq for the oil. But the grim truth is my country is almost certainly (financially) richer for it.
And then there's the decisions where merely making them defines the public opinion in the future: When Germany outlawed the death penalty that decision flew in the face of public opinion according to all the polls of that time. Now you'll find very few Germans who want it back.
DevilUK's friend is right for a given value of right. Dictatorships are not intrinsically bad, but yes, often power corrupts. Dictatorship offers streamlined government, faster response to disaster for instance and decisive leadership with better structure for long-term projects.
Given the amount of countries seeing allegations of corruption among their democratically elected officials it's not as if leaders in democratic nations are proving to be particularly honest either.
One the one hand, they're expected to do what best represents their people under the principles most functional democracies use of elected officials instead of direct democracy (constant referendum).
And on the other they're expected to do what is (morally) right for the country, often without the wider populace knowing or understanding the complexities of the truth. I don't like that Britain seemingly joined the invasion of Iraq for the oil. But the grim truth is my country is almost certainly (financially) richer for it.
And then there's the decisions where merely making them defines the public opinion in the future: When Germany outlawed the death penalty that decision flew in the face of public opinion according to all the polls of that time. Now you'll find very few Germans who want it back.
DevilUK's friend is right for a given value of right. Dictatorships are not intrinsically bad, but yes, often power corrupts. Dictatorship offers streamlined government, faster response to disaster for instance and decisive leadership with better structure for long-term projects.
Given the amount of countries seeing allegations of corruption among their democratically elected officials it's not as if leaders in democratic nations are proving to be particularly honest either.
Ask your friend how you'd choose said dictator, I'd love to hear his response.
If you could get a benevolent and competent dictator, that would be great, but very few people would be competent enough to handle that much power in the first place, and those few would probably go mad with it after a while.
If you could get a benevolent and competent dictator, that would be great, but very few people would be competent enough to handle that much power in the first place, and those few would probably go mad with it after a while.