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> it takes surprisingly little people to overthrow a dictator, so counterintuitively dictators have much higher support than democracies. That’s a very unique
by rajup 4y ago
> it takes surprisingly little people to overthrow a dictator, so counterintuitively dictators have much higher support than democracies.
That’s a very unique perspective I never thought of it that way. I wonder though if some or most of a dictator’s power come from having a tight control over means of suppression, from controlled media to the military. The latter 2 would seem to require a much smaller percentage of support than 90%
- glogla 4y agoThat is likely true. I think people can also be misled and don't always think rationally - there has been a lot of "glorious empires" where the people were more invested in their country being "glorious empire" than actual prosperity and development of their country. I'm honestly not 100 % convinced of all this. But I don't have better answer for "why are there so many people who support their dictator and let them do all those things".