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> The difference between a failed-state dictator and a benevolent one isn't how much money they have in their banks at the end of it, but how much they grew the
by hahainternet 13y ago
> The difference between a failed-state dictator and a benevolent one isn't how much money they have in their banks at the end of it, but how much they grew their nation/state/company/organization/brand in the process
Are you joking? Is this your serious view of reality? That dictators are fine as long as they make the country as a whole richer?
- visakanv 13y agoI'm not making any normative statements about what is fine and what is not fine. I don't claim to have such moral authority. All I'm saying is that different dictators achieve different things. Some 'dictators' enrich their countries, and some 'dictators' impoverish it. Similarly, some 'democracies' enrich their countries, and some 'democracies' impoverish them. That's all I'm saying.