3 ms·
> Look at the "Arab Spring" -- they got a little democracy and mostly elected totalitarian theocrats. In that case many people want totalitarian enforcement of
by warfangle 12y ago
> Look at the "Arab Spring" -- they got a little democracy and mostly elected totalitarian theocrats. In that case many people want totalitarian enforcement of social norms.
It's almost like you need a strong constitution with heavy restrictions on what the government can do in order for democracy to not devolve into autocracy.