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I would say though that people would probably be less interested in autocracy, if democracy didn’t have housing shortages and homeless people everywhere, countl
by gjsman-1000 2y ago
I would say though that people would probably be less interested in autocracy, if democracy didn’t have housing shortages and homeless people everywhere, countless people in debt, painful job losses and economic turmoil, etc.
Incompetent democratic governance invites and begs for competent autocratic governance. This will always happen - and it’s already happened in El Salvador, Singapore, and other countries.
- bantunes 2y agoDemocracy worked, for a while. And at least when it fails, there are mechanisms in place for restitution. Not so much for autocracies, which aren't competent just by being. The current ones somewhat work, but who knows down the line?
- gjsman-1000 2y agoOf course. But the greatest threat to a democracy is not some controversial leader who makes bold or questionable decisions. It’s when the majority of people get the feeling, the sense, that their desires and needs are not being met.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoThe greatest threat to democracy is forgetting history. After all Mussolini made the trains run on time before he destroyed Italy.
- khuey 2y agoDismissing these problems as "incompetent democratic governance" is missing that in many cases these are manifestations of voters getting what they want. Housing shortages and the existence of an underemployed class are popular with voters because they keep asset prices up and wages down.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoI think that’s an overly Marxist and myopic point of view, considering the amount of social problems coming out of taxation and other policies that aren’t so popular with the wealthy. This isn’t Victorian England. My point is, it’s a two-way street.