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Seems like he was right about Chile at least

• ekianjo 9y ago
  Yes because Chile ended up as a democracy after a short period of dictatorship (relatively speaking).
• RobertoG 9y ago
  It seems to me, that what happens (and not only in Chile) is this: A few political parties alternate in government without big changes. More or less, they have the same program, with minor differences. They, both, are part of the Establishment and the owners of everything, normally a few families, can live with them. Democracy it's good. Nevermind the conditions of the rest of society. For some reason, despise the media being owned by "reasonable" hands, somebody outside of the establishment it's elected. Then, democracy it's not so good, and a dictatorship is needed to restore the power to the correct people, sorry, to "protect the freedom". When the situation it's stabilized we can go back to the democracy simulacrum. I would like to see how long would take for a new dictatorship appear if the people in power since always feel their position threaded.