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05-15-2022, 11:54 AM | #10941 (permalink) | ||
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Yeah, that's kind of like saying you don't have to worry about being repressed in America- as long as you're a Republican. (Or a Democrat if they happen to be in charge) |
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05-15-2022, 12:28 PM | #10943 (permalink) | |
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I probably would favor the style of rule of someone like caesar Augustus over let's say joe Biden. Obviously the reason i recognize dictatorship isn't worth it is because it's only one incompetent or evil successor away from being a nightmare scenario. But i do think we vastly overate democracy. Because it's part of our perceived identity and national origins story. And so we have an almost religious like reverence for it. |
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05-15-2022, 12:44 PM | #10944 (permalink) | |
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That however is not right. All Americans, regardless of political affiliation, are citizens, whereas in Rome it was, in general, non-Romans who got persecuted, usually on religious grounds. So I would not agree that there's a correlation there. Maybe if Trump had managed to actually stay in power for another term, who knows?
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05-15-2022, 12:49 PM | #10945 (permalink) | ||
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Yeah I get what you mean, there are different levels of benevolence/malevolence among dictators
Oh my rant against benevolent dictators
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05-15-2022, 01:46 PM | #10946 (permalink) | |
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Nvm found it. Tbh to me saying the dictatorship can't be benevolent is actually a cop out and a refusal to answer a basic hypothetical. It's the equivalent of answering the question of whether you would choose to live forever by pointing out that immortality is actually impossible. Last edited by jwb; 05-15-2022 at 01:51 PM. |
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05-15-2022, 02:11 PM | #10947 (permalink) | |
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Wait our benevolent dictator is throwing Christians to the lions? Can I change my answer?
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05-15-2022, 02:58 PM | #10950 (permalink) | |
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What can I say I don't yearn for a fash daddy to spank me.
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