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Which do you prefer, democracy or dictatorship? (thelemmy.club)
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[โ€“] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Experience shows democracies work better in just about every way. Mainly, there's questions about how stable they can be over the long term.

I've known people who liked the idea of a dictatorship, but they've all had funny ideas about how they internally work. Palace intrigue and corruption are inevitable and huge, it's never just one potentially-wise individual calling the shots.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 0 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    So you could say that both suffer from a vulnerability. Both break eventually.

    Also, consider the attractiveness of dictatorship. I think that everybody would like to be a dictator. Who wants to share power? Not me. I want to be in control, of my forum, my project, my game.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Dictatorship had a pretty clean run of several thousand years there. Sure, dynasties changed, but never the actual system.

    Also, consider the attractiveness of dictatorship. I think that everybody would like to be a dictator. Who wants to share power? Not me. I want to be in control, of my forum, my project, my game.

    So, my second paragraph kind of addresses that. It's never actually about one person having the power, as a government system.

    One-person control over something, backed by externally imposed laws, is a completely different thing. You don't have to worry about your forum members poisoning you and physically taking control of your server.

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