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> A totalitarian state is prone to falling apart - the USSR is a prime example. That's taken as an article of faith, but I'm not sure how true it actually is.
by tablespoon 5y ago
> A totalitarian state is prone to falling apart - the USSR is a prime example.
That's taken as an article of faith, but I'm not sure how true it actually is. Sure some totalitarian have fallen apart (the Soviet Union), but others have not (China), and Western liberal democracies aren't looking so stable nowadays.
- credit_guy 5y agoTotalitarian regimes have a fundamental problem: succession. Very few empires cracked that nut.
- pleb_nz 5y agoCan you list the liberal democracies that aren't doing so well?
- tremon 5y agoI'd point out Greece, Italy, Argentina and Brazil. I'm sure there's a no-true-scotsman argument to be had for each of them, but they're nominally considered democratic republics.