3 ms·
Democracy is usually the best, and dictators are usually bad at managing economies, but there are exceptions. Every once in a while, people luck out and get a
by treme 11y ago
Democracy is usually the best, and dictators are usually bad at managing economies, but there are exceptions.
Every once in a while, people luck out and get a competent dictator with proper leadership & economic understanding to direct resources to appropriate areas for economic growth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Chung-hee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Kuan_Yew
Both brutal dictators; but widely considered to have done a fine job steering economies.
- hackuser 11y ago> Both brutal dictators; but widely considered to have done a fine job steering economies. One does not balance the other. Stalin industrialized Russia; Hitler rebuilt the German economy.
- argonaut 11y agoYou missed the part where Stalin ruined the economy through collectivization and and Hitler ruined the economy because of, you know, going to war.
- darkmirage 11y agoCalling Lee Kuan Yew a brutal dictator is a very huge stretch of the term.