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Factors that prevent states from going totalitarian: - small size - decentralized/local government structure - limited geopolitical influence - high level o
by spcoll 11y ago
Factors that prevent states from going totalitarian:
- small size
- decentralized/local government structure
- limited geopolitical influence
- high level of education of the population
- history/culture of democracy
Large, powerful states with a lesser educated population will inevitably drift towards totalitarianism over time. This implies the use of various means of population control, with total surveillance being first and foremost.
- vollmond 11y agoOnly in combination, though. There are dozens of "small size" "limited influence" dictatorships, no? Esp in Africa/Latin America?
- nl 11y agoDisproof by counter example: Singapore (the "history/culture of democracy" is arguable I suppose).
- guard-of-terra 11y agoSingapore is centralized, has comparatively large population, especially for its size, and no history of democracy. That's where you become halfway there.
- frozenport 11y ago>>Large, powerful states with a lesser educated population will inevitably drift towards totalitarianism How about India? Don't treat states or societies as people, they are not people rather they are made of people. Totalitarianism isn't the outcome of a system it rather the outcome of the people oppress and the cowards who do nothing to stop it.
- arandomafrican 11y agoI'm not sure India is the best example either. Sure, at the National political level, it's a democracy. But there are several issue that allow citizens of some lesser democratic states enjoys more freedom in some cases... (it's very un-even though) Religious rights, women's rights... Or the amount of power that some have at the local level (cast issues, landowners, etc..).