Message from @Schedrevka
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its not any different than the cost of capitalism
People prefer life over money
problem is that under authoritarianism, people have no incentive to be above-accepted
that is why authoritarian societies stagnate in progress, and capitalists don't
that doesn't change that making things work, is still more efficient in authoritarianism
and im saying with the soviet data is was clear it wassnt
What was the context where he said that? I only remember him saying that an authoritarian government has an advantage in being able to act quickly in cases of emergency, so in the case of a hostile invasion a dictator would be able rally the troops without asking anyone, but under a pure direct democracy people would have to meet up, vote, etc, or under a true anarchy they'd lack coordination to do much
he gave an example of making a guy mop a floor
Guns don't hold nearly enough liquids to do that effectively
what Schedrevka said is the whole argument
in the long run, Authoritarianism stagnates
But in the short run, its effective because you bypass any negotiations
workers are always trying to minimize their work, cause they didnt get anough food to survive otherwise. managers always said they did enough work each day, to not get demoted into becoming workers, managers manegers always said they reached the camps quotas even though the work was shoddy and there wasent enough product, or risk being trown with the workers
Also a benevolent dictator is rare, and even if you can find one you probably won't find another when he dies even if no one tries to usurp him or whatever
at the end when they wanted to sell their producs you got a bunch of shit that didnt work, and no one to blame except the entire camp
and then all the money you did get for your product, goes into paying the salaries of the people holding the gun, cause on that level even the soviets admitted that capitalism just worked better
they just payed someone to hold a gun to force others to work, where it would have been more efficient to pay someone to work
Anyone else seen Death of Stalin?
No, but that gave me an idea for a movie: Weekend at Bernie's, but Bernie is a dictator
Watch Death of Stalin. It's like Life of Brian.
In fact I'm now realizing that may have been an intentional thing with the title.
You make me sad.
whatchu gays tolkien about
nothin much, hobbit you?
the dong of power
ooh benevolent dictators
i know one
umm
yeah
@Schedrevka There was a benevolent dictator, Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso
Under him, it became the most prosperous country in africa
the least smelly turd award eh?
Nah he was genuinely a great guy
lol
Josip Broz Tito was considered a "benevolent dictator"
ill say
he wrote that song africa
by toto?
toto tito