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What... are you really belittling democracy
by dnnddidiej 6mo ago
What... are you really belittling democracy
- eowln 6mo agoThat’s not what I said. I said there are more important things to increase the wellbeing of the citizens of a country than democracy. In other words, a country can use democracy as a tool to destroy itself.
- wussboy 6mo agoMaybe. But I don't think you will find any of those things without strong democracy.
- purpleflame1257 6mo agoCounterpoint: China from Deng and onwards is an autocracy with rapidly improving material conditions
- iknowstuff 6mo agoIts population will halve this century thanks to their autocratic policies so we’ll see how that unfolds
- tw1984 6mo agowhich things? care to be more specific?
- unmole 6mo agoSingapore says hi.
- decimalenough 6mo agoSingapore is a "managed democracy". The PAP plays dirty, but if they genuinely stopped delivering the goods, they would get voted out.