Food for Thought
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato
― Plato
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rinkydinkydoink · M
Are all dictators evil?
Aloha · 51-55, M
@rinkydinkydoink Nah most of them are a total delight and care deeply for their people 🤣
LeopoldBloom · M
@rinkydinkydoink That's like asking if all slavery is bad. A good dictator is still depriving his people of a voice in their government.
rinkydinkydoink · M
[@Aloha
The population of China has survived for many, many centuries.
The population of China has survived for many, many centuries.
rinkydinkydoink · M
Maya15 · F
@rinkydinkydoink no. like jigme singye wangchuck wasn't.
rinkydinkydoink · M
@Maya15
The point being, before democracy and representative governments - which means the vast bulk of human history - dictators, tsars, emperors, kings and the like ruled. Is anyone suggesting ALL were tyrants?
The point being, before democracy and representative governments - which means the vast bulk of human history - dictators, tsars, emperors, kings and the like ruled. Is anyone suggesting ALL were tyrants?