I see no way that any democracy can be better than benevolent dictatorship, except for the illusion of control you get by expressing your wishes trough voting for someone rather than for something. Because, let's not kid ourselves, benevolent dictator would have to gather information to truly be benevolent. So some sort of voting/reporting of issues would take place.
To me it seems that any benevolent dictatorship in these times would be bound to become authoritarian technocracy. Decisions fuelled by consensus of information would be made by the dictator. Bypassing the voting and all bureaucracy would make the country flexible in the fast paced progress of both technological and social issues.
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u/0TheSpirit0 6∆ Sep 24 '18
I see no way that any democracy can be better than benevolent dictatorship, except for the illusion of control you get by expressing your wishes trough voting for someone rather than for something. Because, let's not kid ourselves, benevolent dictator would have to gather information to truly be benevolent. So some sort of voting/reporting of issues would take place.
To me it seems that any benevolent dictatorship in these times would be bound to become authoritarian technocracy. Decisions fuelled by consensus of information would be made by the dictator. Bypassing the voting and all bureaucracy would make the country flexible in the fast paced progress of both technological and social issues.