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South Africa
by testrun 2y ago
South Africa
- quesera 2y agoGreat example. But it did require a very broad near-global economic embargo/war, which is only practical against smaller countries. And ZA was not a dictatorship, so it did have the mechanism for change from within.
- boxed 2y agoWell.. it was partly a dictatorship at the very least. Even whites were afraid to speak openly and even to listen to whatever music they wanted.
- quesera 2y agoRepression of civil liberties is a common trait of dictatorships, but it does not define one. Dictatorships require dictators. PW Botha was a lot of bad things, but he was not a dictator. China is considered a dictatorship because Xi has dictatorial powers. Anyway this is all just semantics. The more important point is probably that it corrupts corporations to do business in countries with repressive governments, and to follow their repressive laws. China is further along the repressive-government scale than many of us would like. I believe that Apple management are among the truly bothered, but moral complications abound, and ultimately their fiduciary-duty options are limited.
- miramba 2y agoIt was a dictatorship of a minority with a right to elect their leader over a large majority without that right.
- quesera 2y agoThat's not a dictatorship. And FWIW, only a minority of adult citizens could vote in the US until 1920. That was bad but it was not a dictatorship.