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Which do you prefer, democracy or dictatorship? (thelemmy.club)

submitted 1 year ago by DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] frippa@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dictatorship by a wide margin. Why should the parliament squabble over a law for months, possibly years, when under a dictatorship said law could be enacted instantly? Also with democracy every politician just thinks about getting elected, not the actual long-term needs of the country.

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago*

According to election theory, a dictatorship is the only perfectly fair voting system: the only voter wins the vote, every time.

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[–] chaos@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The squabbling process moves the law toward meeting the needs of more people. If a dictator just gets to decide what the law is, they'll likely be self-serving to the dictator, or even outright harmful to entire categories of people.

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[–] frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago*

The squabbling process moves the law toward meeting the needs of more people.

Are there data on this?

You're making a causal claim (if squabbling, then more needs met) and that's either empirically true or not.

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