JesusOfBeer t1_j2mtwyq wrote on January 2, 2023 at 2:31 PM

Reply to comment by Ajaws24142822 in You can make a difference in promoting democracy in Pennsylvania by hashtagbob60

So many contradictory statements but in the end you agreed. A benevolent dictator makes sense

Ajaws24142822 t1_j2n1x8d wrote on January 2, 2023 at 3:34 PM

A benevolent dictator basically doesn’t exist in our reality

In a perfect utopia world sure it would be great

I don’t understand how anything I said went over your head

Dictators bad, no matter what, nobody stays benevolent for long unless the stars align perfectly to create the absolute most infallible human to exist.

If people were perfect, a dictator would be fine, because he wouldn’t be corrupted by power.

But in the real world, that isn’t really possible, there is quite literally only one historical example ever in the history of humanity of a benevolent dictator and it was two and a half millennia ago, and even he isn’t a perfect example of a leader, and all modern examples are either elected or were actual pieces of shit like Ataturk or Tito. Even better guys like France-Albert Rene actively suppressed any criticism of his regime and didn’t begin liberalizing until the 1990s.

Any presidency with unchecked power is dangerous, and unless you find a literal perfect human, it’s far to dangerous to give that power to anyone. Because they will use it to violate the rights of the people. Democracy exists to protect the basic rights of the people.

JesusOfBeer t1_j2n694p wrote on January 2, 2023 at 4:05 PM

That’s a lot of words to say you agree.

Ajaws24142822 t1_j2nb9mp wrote on January 2, 2023 at 4:39 PM

I mean if you’re willing to concede that it literally isn’t possible than we agree, because that’s my position

JesusOfBeer t1_j2ndcm2 wrote on January 2, 2023 at 4:53 PM

If you’re willing to agree our current system allows for the hoarding of power into the hands of the wealthy and is a plutocracy which makes voting nothing more than an act of accepting your servitude.

Ajaws24142822 t1_j2nwpqd wrote on January 2, 2023 at 6:57 PM

I won’t, because we live in a liberal democracy where voting matters and believing that it doesn’t is just cope

JesusOfBeer t1_j2nzqox wrote on January 2, 2023 at 7:17 PM

Ahhh damn, we’re so close!

Voting in our current system has little positive impact for the greater good. We don’t have enough politicians fighting for more freedom, we have a political system that has been taken over by corporations, lobbyists, and nutjob religious fanatics… Freedom in America has been slowly dying since neoliberalism was kicked into high gear by Reagan. Your vote is nothing more than giving a corporate puppet power over you.

Edit: sure we stopped overt fascism from winning the executive branch in 2020 but fascism is still churning away!

Ajaws24142822 t1_j2oirtv wrote on January 2, 2023 at 9:20 PM

Voting in our current system has a lot of effect on people especially if you vote in state and local elections. Voting for your governor and representatives is gonna have way more effect on your life than people realize, and the system literally still works

Also Neoliberalism is absolutely fucking based. capitalism, immigration, globalism, liberalism, secularism, anti-populism anti-fascism and anti-fascism, horrendously based. Social democracy is pretty rad too but they’re pretty similar anyway. We dominate the planet in soft power and culture and no force has been better for humanity than capitalism, globalism and liberalism in all of human history.