08-15-2016, 10:14 PM
(08-15-2016, 06:11 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(08-14-2016, 10:20 PM)Kinser79 Wrote: Is it possible for second rate dictators of third rate countries to implode of their own accord? Absolutely, and in cases where that happens the result is inevitably the replacement of one second rate dictator with a different second rate dictator. Some civilizations simply are not compatible with Western Democracy--probably because that is a product of Western Civilization.
India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Tunisia would seem to contradict you.
Was General Franco a first rate dictator? While he didn't let go of power himself, he encouraged and prepared for his successor to move Spain into a democratic government. That might make another counter example. Thing is, Kinser could just go the 'No True Scotsman' route and declare any dictator that was replaced by a democracy must have been a first rate dictator.
There is movement away from autocratic government. It's just slooooow.
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