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DanArmak comments on Orwell and fictional evidence for dictatorship stability - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DanArmak 26 May 2013 02:30:49PM 2 points [-]

The second important difference is that dictators usually rule in the name of the people, deriving legitimacy from an abstracted will of the people. They are demotist.

What practical difference does that make with a strong, tyrannical dictator? Whatever the official theory, the people can't depose him and choose a different ruler.

Comment author: ikrase 26 May 2013 07:49:02PM 0 points [-]

The difference it makes is with non-strong dictators.

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