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[madowlspeaks]

Quote="One argument for authoritarianism, popular among political elites in East and Southeast Asia, is that countries with authoritarian regimes are more likely to be more economically successful than democratic countries. Examples given to support this argument are South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, and Taiwan, which were authoritarian during their period of growth. "


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian



Hmmmmm.

What does this say about the fourth reich?

Or mandatory English camps?

Or the modern day Roman Empire?

Or the U.S. A. regime?

[RACETRAITOR]

Another important example is Pinochet in Chile. The country democratically elected socialist leaders, so the US started bullying them and helped Pinochet seize totalitarian control. I've been arguing this over with a friend of mine who identifies with Mussolini/Park/fascism (and is still helping spread American democracy around the world in the US army).

When is it worth it to sacrifice human rights and/or democracy?

[4 months left]

I think it is comparing apples to oranges. Asian countries have been around for a long time and many have confusianism. Countries such as the US and Canada were built on immigration and the ideals that if you work hard and innovate you might have a chance to succeed. The Asian countries are more homogeneous and work together for the common goal of the people/race.

I think also that the Asian countries you mentioned were like factories for advanced countries and tended to copy more than innovate in their growth phases.

Look at China - homogeneous population, the world's factory, copy products from other countries. It is possible for more than one model to be successful.

[igotthisguitar]

Colluding as he did with the global banking community (Chase Manhattan, Bank of England, BIS etc),
Hitler did wonders for post-Treaty of Versailles / pre-WW2 Germany

[thepeel]

Summed up perfectly:

[igotthisguitar]

[Zoobot]

The Case of Chile is especially interesting, because before Pinochet seized power, the Nixon/Kissinger axis of evil flooded the global market with copper: Chile's primary export and cash cow, thereby fawking their economy by driving the price down and partially causing a lot of the starvation that people correlate to communist regimes. Nevermind giving Pinochet's allies money, training, and weapons... Two and a half decades later he's on trial for crimes against humanity. How did Kissinger get off so easy?