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I don't know what is your personal assessment of an authoritarian state but in my book, a country with a single party (or where the single party decides who can
by seren 10y ago
I don't know what is your personal assessment of an authoritarian state but in my book, a country with a single party (or where the single party decides who can be elected or not), and where the head of state is or was the head of the single party is an authoritarian regime.
- joeyspn 10y agoI'm not saying that it isn't authoritarian (in my Libertarian book most western countries including the US and most of the supranational EU organisms are authoritarian to some degree)... I'm saying that "authoritarian" doesn't equal "dictatorship".
- denzil_correa 10y ago> I'm saying that "authoritarian" doesn't equal "dictatorship". You have a point here. Note - that the index mentions China as an "Authoritarian" regime.
- rat87 10y agoUsually authoritarian - Monarchy = dictatorship Maybe not Iran (Weird partial democracy with clerics ultimately in charge)