To understand progress you must understand corruption for absolute power corrupts absolutely, and absolute corruption destroys all traces of progress. Dictator

To understand progress you must understand corruption for absolute power corrupts absolutely, and absolute corruption destroys all traces of progress. Dictatorships exterminate thinkers, the fuel of progress, and turn great workers into mindless servants. A ten year dictatorship can turn the clock backwards a hundred years, or more. Cleptocracy, the modern dictatorship with a democratic facade, are far worse, they look completely legit, approved by the people, but they are just a maffia whose only purpose is to use and abuse the country's resources for their own benefit while manipulating the law to perpetuate themselves in power. Just take a look at every single latin american country touched by a leftist wave of "socialism" changing their constitutions at will just to allow continuous reelections to stay in power forever. May God save the US from a cleptocracy. todo: s/God/science/