April 20th, 2003, 01:33 AM
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Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.
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Originally posted by Some1:
hmmmm,
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Got any examples of a stable dictatorship??
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Example of Stable dictatorship?? Cuba, Castro? You have a lot of years the "same" policies, leader etc...
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Ok, there ARE 'stable' democracies, BUT a democracy is technically NOT STABLE.
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Every x years a regime change = technically not stable. Often other leaders, other policies etc..
Well Yea dictatorships are often stable during the life of the dictator? But how did Castro come to power and what will happen when he dies? When a new leader takes over in a democarcy for the most part the entire governemt sturcture and all lower levels stay intact. All previous government commitments stay intact ( well at least the ones that have got to the point of binding contracts )
I think we have a differnt view on what stable means. Things may be instable at the very top level of government but the government and country as a whole is pretty stable.
Of course getting a democracy well established and stable is going to be pretty tough in Iraq.
[ April 19, 2003, 12:49: Message edited by: DavidG ] |