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[–] 26 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is a mistake that many leftists do, thinking that people don't like authoritarianism. A lot of people crave for it

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  • [–] 4 points 22 hours ago

    In theory, a benevolent dictatorship is a good system, that can cut through a lot of bureaucracy and enact good changes in a timely fashion. The obvious problems are who gets to be dictator and how do you keep the dictatorship benevolent.

    If I could unilaterally make somebody a dictator and believed they would do what's best, I'd do it. But I don't know if there is such a person. To me it just seems like people believe in and trust certain public figures to agree with them, and enact the same changes they'd want.

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