tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post1960391190094359596..comments2023-10-11T12:03:05.848+00:00Comments on Universal Thoughts: This Asian CenturyHazar Nesimihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-72749561828386362392008-07-30T12:57:00.000+00:002008-07-30T12:57:00.000+00:00Finally even gentle Riri accepts that force is nec...Finally even gentle Riri accepts that force is necessary to keep up appearances of order. And I do believe in an concept of a just ruler, it seems there is a misconception that every strong ruler is bad. Yes the system will throw a crackpot once in a while, but i don't believe that emperors were a downfall of Roman Empire, it was a pretty stable 400 years i remember.Hazar Nesimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-62133961241221408862008-07-30T08:34:00.000+00:002008-07-30T08:34:00.000+00:00No Noola. Even in those countries where autocracy ...No Noola. Even in those countries where autocracy doesn't work so well, democracy would be even worse. Rather than one party milking the country, it'll be everybody milking it.<BR/><BR/>At least with one party, they steal and give something back to the people to keep them under the revolution and rioting threshold. <BR/><BR/>If everybody starts stealing, it is chaos. Happening in Algeria now, absolutely outrageous. Was much better before. These people need to be dictated to. By force.Vannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814025517185126126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-48510138782147826502008-07-28T21:22:00.000+00:002008-07-28T21:22:00.000+00:00Far be it from me to intrude on this courtship of ...Far be it from me to intrude on this courtship of the autocrats. Nonetheless, if you two can drag your hormone-awash minds towards what I (silly me) thought was the topic of this post, I think there is recognition that certain types of autocratic government do work well as a country modernises quickly. They can hold things together during what is a very destabilisiing process. It certainly seems to have worked that way in SE Asia. <BR/><BR/>This is not the case in other parts of the work where the group in power basically treats the country as its shopping basket and money cow. <BR/><BR/>Suddenly, I feel my strength leave me. Whyever would I rabbit on about these things when everyone else in this room is thinking about other ... things? The best move now is just to shut up and watch.NoolaBeulahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181815160785834692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-74424598857149182182008-07-28T17:05:00.000+00:002008-07-28T17:05:00.000+00:00I am a bidding wife and as such I am also a buddin...I am a bidding wife and as such I am also a budding autocrat.Vannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814025517185126126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33755875.post-38569976399298710302008-07-28T03:47:00.000+00:002008-07-28T03:47:00.000+00:00I would like my wife to be a an autocrat, but over...I would like my wife to be a an autocrat, but over me only. This would absolve me of responsiblity to dictate to her. Are you a budding dictator by any chance?Hazar Nesimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906681712746544309noreply@blogger.com