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Topic History of: Trump, Putin and Netanyahu
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Honey	JK2006 wrote: Sorry Rich but does the fact that there ARE no benign dictatorships mean there shouldn't be any? No, but human nature does.
hedda	JK2006 wrote: Sorry Rich but does the fact that there ARE no benign dictatorships mean there shouldn't be any? Le Kuan Yew was a benign dictator and Singapore governments ever since have always comprised of one dominant party who really aren't very democratic. Lee Kuan Yew built Singapore into an absolute powerhouse with an amazing standard of living and benefits for the citizens. China the same and Vietnam similar with one party rule. China lifted 100s of millions of Chinese out of poverty within 4 decades. Is the UK a democracy? Hardly when there is one branch, the House of Lords whose ranks are filled with unelected swill.
JK2006	Sorry Rich but does the fact that there ARE no benign dictatorships mean there shouldn't be any?
Rich	JK2006 wrote: I'm not sure that a BENIGN dictatorship would be any worse than an incompetent democracy. There are no benign dictatorships. Name one. Only people in democracies say this. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictatorship These lines were interesting within the above description; Many have expressed the view that authoritarian government can never be benevolent, and that regimes that are classified as such are often more repressive. Writer C. S. Lewis wrote that: "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies". Political scientist Shadi Hamid stated that if the definition of liberty requires the lack of domination, he concludes that "then a dictator, however 'benevolent', is a contradiction in terms. There is no such thing as a benevolent dictator. Domination is intrinsic to dictatorial rule. And domination, by its very nature, prevents the development of individual agency and moral responsibility."
JK2006	I'm not sure that a BENIGN dictatorship would be any worse than an incompetent democracy.