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Turns out when you philosophically align your country around the idea that the state and the collective are more important than the individual, autocracy always
by chrisco255 5y ago
Turns out when you philosophically align your country around the idea that the state and the collective are more important than the individual, autocracy always flourishes.
- beepbooptheory 5y agowell, history in general shows autocracy flourishes whether or not the individual or the collective is primary, not sure you can claim a correlation there
- AussieWog93 5y agoJust like Japan? South Korea? Taiwan? Singapore? Or on the other side, pretty much the entire Middle East? Collectivist Asian cultures can definitely manage separation of powers and democracy.
- deepsun 5y agoI always wonder whether Japan, Korea, Taiwan would be able to preserve separation of powers without US support. I feel like if US one day declines in power and won't be able to support then, they would fall into autocracies pretty quickly.
- AussieWog93 5y agoYou could say the same about a lot of non-Asian countries, though. Australia/NZ for a start, but I can imagine much of Eastern Europe too.