Thread:4th of Augustball/@comment-38190122-20200311185625/@comment-34423308-20200408182155

is that so? time and time again, kings, absolute monarchs, dictators more oft than not fell towards self-gain. again, you stated that both Democracy and Totalitarianism are faulted by the nature of man. why would a single man, with a good majority of the power in the state, work for the betterment of the people if he could just as easily indulge in his own pleasures, whisking away political enemies, and silencing those he disagrees with? Joseon, North Korea, early PR China, the USSR, all eventually devolved into poor, impoverished nations in which most of the gains were aimed towards their respective supreme leaders.

and even if such isn't entirely the case, there's also always the vulnerability of incompetence and disconnect from reality - here, I lay down Tsarist Russia and the 1st Republic of Korea as case examples.