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Every nation gets the government it deserves.
by magduf 7y ago
Every nation gets the government it deserves.
- jorge-d 7y agoThat only works in case of democracies.
- vkou 7y agoEvery dictator rules only with the assent of his subjects.
- magduf 7y agoNope, it's true for every country (except for outright invasion and occupation, I'll give a country a pass on that). Short of an occupying force, every country has the ability to choose its own leaders. Non-democratic systems only exist because the people allow them to.
- jorge-d 7y agoTell that to starving north-koreans.
- Zarath 7y agoHey, they deserve it apparently
- magduf 7y agoThey do, just like every nation does. The North Korean government persists, and does what it does, because it has the support of a majority of its people. No government, no matter how autocratic, can continue without popular support (or an occupying force, which is certainly not the case in NK). That's why the maxim is true.
- magduf 7y agoLots of NKs are not starving. The military has literally millions of people in it, and they're well-fed. Do you think the regime would continue if this were not the case?
- toasterlovin 7y ago> Non-democratic systems only exist because the people allow them to. That is an extremely optimistic perspective.
- magduf 7y agoOk, then why don't you explain how exactly a non-democratic system is able to persist if no one in the country supports that regime?
- toasterlovin 7y agoA minority of people with power support the regime. Most people hate it but are powerless to change it. The West has a large diaspora from former Soviet countries. You should try talking to some of them sometime.
- magduf 7y ago>A minority of people with power support the regime. Most people hate it but are powerless to change it. Exactly why is this minority more powerful than "most people"? That doesn't even make any sense. Most people aren't powerless, they just refuse to stand up and take action, so they're allowing the minority to oppress them.
- vageli 7y agoDoes that count when your government is undermined and overthrown by outsiders with more firepower than you? "I don't see why we have to let a country go Communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people." ~ Henry Kissinger on Chile in the 70s.
- magduf 7y agoNo, I would say that's the one exception. It doesn't happen that often, though, in the big picture.
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