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> Non-democratic systems only exist because the people allow them to. That is an extremely optimistic perspective.

• magduf 7y ago
  Ok, 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 ago
    A 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.