Have to disagree with you, MD. A benign dictator can govern better than a corrupt elected government. However, a bad dictator can do too much harm to a country's citizens (Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe etc).
I don't buy that lack of education is a deterrant for democracy. The level of education in Brazil is not that high (I'm talking proper education, not just literacy rates). Yet, Brazilians are a lot better off today than when there was a dictatorship in the 60s and 70s.
Power to the people! :)
But it doesn't bother me that there is no democracy here. If it did, I wouldn't have come here.
Have to disagree with you, MD. A benign dictator can govern better than a corrupt elected government. However, a bad dictator can do too much harm to a country's citizens (Idi Amin, Robert Mugabe etc).
I don't buy that lack of education is a deterrant for democracy. The level of education in Brazil is not that high (I'm talking proper education, not just literacy rates). Yet, Brazilians are a lot better off today than when there was a dictatorship in the 60s and 70s.
Power to the people! :)
But it doesn't bother me that there is no democracy here. If it did, I wouldn't have come here.