• guyman@lemmy.world
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    That’s not entirely true. It’s possible to have a benevolent authoritarian government and an oppressive democratic one.

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        It’s happened on incredibly rare occasion. The problem is they don’t stay benevolent; eventually the benevolent dictator dies or is deposed, and their replacement is never so kind

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          If they were so benevolent, they would give up the power that could be abused later. They just wanted to seem benevolent.

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          It simply is not, it has never happened, anyone who is benevolent would give up power.

          Ultimate power corrupts, ultimately.