DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoSay what you will about totalitarian dictators, at least they’re human.message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down198
arrow-up1-94arrow-down1message-squareSay what you will about totalitarian dictators, at least they’re human.DominatorX1@thelemmy.club to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareNONE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoDictators are both the main beneficiary of the system of laws and its promoters, because they ARE the law.
minus-squareDominatorX1@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·3 days agoThat depends on the dictator of course.
minus-squareNONE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoNo, that is the basis of every dictatorship: to centralize political and legal power, all power in general.
minus-squareDominatorX1@thelemmy.clubOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·3 days agoWell yes, that centralization of power is implied by the term. But who it benefits is not.
Dictators are both the main beneficiary of the system of laws and its promoters, because they ARE the law.
That depends on the dictator of course.
No, that is the basis of every dictatorship: to centralize political and legal power, all power in general.
Well yes, that centralization of power is implied by the term. But who it benefits is not.