Bush was a dictator and the US government is a dictatorship
The Distributed Republic
by tarran
01/27/09
In many ways, the U.S. has become the most dangerous kind of dictatorship — a democratic one. While dictators are often quite violent and, well, dictatorial, they sometimes do to take a long view, since they expect to experience the long-term consequences of any misrule. On occasion, dictators can even be pretty decent, recognizing that a hands-off approach will increase their power far more quickly that a hands-on approach. I can think of no better example of this phenomenon in action than that of Singapore. In the U.S., on the other hand, the rulers can only expect to stay in office for less than a decade. Rather than worrying about long term consequences, they are far more likely to be concerned about how to maximize their use of the office in the short period they hold it...
http://tinyurl.com/acxne9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dictator
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dictatorship
by tarran
01/27/09
In many ways, the U.S. has become the most dangerous kind of dictatorship — a democratic one. While dictators are often quite violent and, well, dictatorial, they sometimes do to take a long view, since they expect to experience the long-term consequences of any misrule. On occasion, dictators can even be pretty decent, recognizing that a hands-off approach will increase their power far more quickly that a hands-on approach. I can think of no better example of this phenomenon in action than that of Singapore. In the U.S., on the other hand, the rulers can only expect to stay in office for less than a decade. Rather than worrying about long term consequences, they are far more likely to be concerned about how to maximize their use of the office in the short period they hold it...
http://tinyurl.com/acxne9
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dictator
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=dictatorship
rudkla - 28. Jan, 09:51
