alyaza [they/she]M to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish • 2 years agoThe merits of taking an anti-anti-communism stance | Aeon Essaysaeon.comessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-square@guyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoThat’s not entirely true. It’s possible to have a benevolent authoritarian government and an oppressive democratic one.
minus-squareCommunistlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoIt’s not possible to have a benevolent authoritarian government.
minus-square@meldroc@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoAuthoritarianism always eats itself from the inside with corruption. Always.
minus-square@Revan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish0•edit-22 years agoIt’s happened on incredibly rare occasion. The problem is they don’t stay benevolent; eventually the benevolent dictator dies or is deposed, and their replacement is never so kind
minus-squareCommunistlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoIf they were so benevolent, they would give up the power that could be abused later. They just wanted to seem benevolent.
That’s not entirely true. It’s possible to have a benevolent authoritarian government and an oppressive democratic one.
It’s not possible to have a benevolent authoritarian government.
Authoritarianism always eats itself from the inside with corruption. Always.
It’s happened on incredibly rare occasion. The problem is they don’t stay benevolent; eventually the benevolent dictator dies or is deposed, and their replacement is never so kind
If they were so benevolent, they would give up the power that could be abused later. They just wanted to seem benevolent.