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"Wealthy dictatorships really are as chill as any rich democracy as long as you don't start poking the leadership with political ideas that don't benefit them."
by hutzlibu 5y ago
"Wealthy dictatorships really are as chill as any rich democracy as long as you don't start poking the leadership with political ideas that don't benefit them."
Unless of course you are in the way of some of the powerclique and they decide to take over your buisness or land without compensation.
Or the spoiled son the of the dictator (or the dictator himself) wants to bang your daughter or your wife. And maybe kills her while doing so. And anyone witnessing or complaining. That means officially also in a dictatorship no one does that. People just go missing or have accidents. Or found guilty of some other "crime".
Exaggerating? Well, I just read a book about Trujillo, the former dictator of the dominican republic, it is quite interesting. But he did not invented power abuse. Anywhere where there is unchecked power, those things happen.
- vagrantJin 5y agoAnd to your mind Bolivia is a thriving economic hub to warrant being a weathy dictatorship? Whatever the case may be, bad apples abound. Thats just human nature. Just because democratic leaders dont do things publicly, I think you should disabuse yourself of the notion that they are incapable of depraved acts of violence. Sexual or otherwise. Amd while they might not inflict such violence on their constituents - people from poorer countries have no such luck.
- Vomzor 5y agoWhat's the title of the book?
- hutzlibu 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Goat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feast_of_the_Goat By Mario Vargas Llosa. I can recommend it, very well written and structured, but note, that it is a work of fiction based on historic events. (and some historic events gets changed)