Subj : Re: For the Californians
To   : MRO
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Nov 10 2025 07:02:20

  Re: Re: For the Californians
  By: MRO to Dumas Walker on Sun Nov 02 2025 03:38 pm

 >
 > you dont know because it has never truly been done.
 > there hasnt been a good guy in charge of everything and everybody.
 >

Tyrannical governments in many shapes and forms have existed since ancient times. Also, the definition of a "good guy" is a bit flexible.

I personally think General Francisco Franco saw himself as a Patriot and a "good guy", and his regime was a bit of a disaster until very late stages... it is very clear to me he purposedly eased the transition back to Democracy on purpose because Fascism would not be sustainable after he was gone. This claim is a bit controversial, but you get the picture.

You go back in time, you can find lots of Absolute Monarchs who tried their best as opposed to Absolute Monarchs whose goal was to milk as much value from vassals as possible.

The main problem with benevolent dictatorships is they are always personalist in nature, so even if the dictator is benevolent (which is usually not the case) and competent (same), once he is gone the system crashes hard for a reason or another. Meanwhile, non benevolent dictatorships are extremely stable and hard to rid of because when Fidel Castro dies, there is another Castro in line to replace him.


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