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RE: We have a Democracy and thus are wiser than you back water Dictatorship types...
Well If you lived under a dictatorship you could argue that, but the receiving will be a gun. Or you wouldn't simply have the luxury to have this thoughts. Because you probably wouldn't be educated to think something different to what the government says.
Democracy is better because it allows you to choose and differ freely with what has been chosen. But democracy is only as good as the education behind it. And I didn't say that, Plato did
Only if you follow the rules the REPRESENTATIVES pass down.
Ultimately it is the same. I'd also say it is potentially easier to root out a corrupt dictator (one target) than to try to root out the corruption in a group.
I really do not see a distinction. I see just as many horrors being committed in the world whether by the whims of a Dictator or the whims of a Democracy.
To be fair, there are problems in democracies that need to be fixed. But that is a long shot to being robbed and killed by your own country soldiers and police, in the middle of the day, in full view of cameras and being recorded. Knowing that the state of law is non-existent (or only available to the cronies for their own protection) is what makes a dictatorship a terrible place to live. And it's what I differ with your post.
Some dictatorships. The problem is that people have been conditioned to believe Dictatorships are ALWAYS one way, which is essentially what you described.
Yet historically that is not the case. It is OFTEN the case, but not always.
In the U.S. they just throw you into prison so you are out of sight and make you work on products and services they then resell. Slavery in disguise. If you resist being thrown into prison they'll shoot you.
We have tons of people in prison for crimes where there was no victim.
Please do give an example of benevolent dictatorships.
And believing they go one way is because:
And that in consequence brings economic chaos, lack of financial stability and lack of security (personal,financial political).
I can't dispute this as EVERYONE dies. :)
I will say that you did hit upon what I think is the only solution to most of the world problems including this one.
That is education.
I truly believe that is the key to most problems. Yet I also see what is being pushed as education and that actually increases the problems.
The Prussian Education System is great for some things, especially blind obedience. It is absolutely horrible for other things.
And Yeah, education is the key:
The funny thing is whether Democracy or Dictatorship they all for the most part are using the Prussion Education System. Check out its history when you get a chance. It is interesting the things they praised as GOOD things.
There are exceptions. Finland has a pretty amazing education system right now (I believe one of the best in the world) and it doesn't seem to follow the Prussian model at all.
funfact: The Finland model is (better was) based on the model of the former GDR, not exactly a democracy - and which of course, being on the same area as Prussia, got quite a bit from the school system there.
They improved it in a big way in the 90s (first step in 1989, when the GDR fell, history is funny) and are constantly re-evaluating it instead of the changing politicians decide what will be done.
In Finland everyone gets the same chances (which does not mean the same teaching, quite contrary) and that shows in the simple fact that there is only a very small difference between the social classes in school results.
Fucking damn Socialists!
One very important difference e.g. to Germany is that they wanna-be teachers get exhaustively tested on their pedagogical qualifications instead of getting just a few words on it in their whole learning of the job.
Yeah Finland is right on point with their education system.
And trues the Prussian model is what they use. That is the point I was trying to get across in my other post though, sorry If I couldn't explain myself properly