| richardhutnik said: To fix the highway system, they could crush you under their boot, and then use your bones as meal to bulk up the mixture for the roads. I would suggest you do research into spontaneous order and see how dictators are not competent enough to be able to account for all changes, and why centalized planning sucks and doesn't work. |
By any measure the world's axis is moving away from western democracies and towards centralized, state planned economies and monopolized political systems, though. I think you are likely to change your opinion when, less than two decades from now, countries who follow these ideals fall from 70% to 30% of the planet's economy when compared to the beginning of the millenium - a total reversal in their importance towards the world! This is going to be harsh to the mindset and egos of some indeed. The thing is, as long as a strong and reasonable rule of law is mantained, that's all you are going to need, really. His argument, although simple, is sound.
