UniversalCommons wrote:Novus America wrote:
But in those cases while it will be tough, you can still live and try to make things better.
Running away in that case will just make things worse for those left behind and better for the dictatorship.
The issue with that statement is that the dictatorship would need people to do the menial labor. Many want to leave, but they cannot get passports, and are not let out of the country. For example, in North Korea, you must get special permission to leave the country and you must have an exit visa. Ordinary people do not get to leave. They would flee if they could. You cannot even go to certain countries period. For example, admission is refused for both the United States and Japan. In some cases there is no trying to get better. Things would be problematic if everyone could leave that wanted to leave North Korea. Some countries require exit visas and abuse the people at the bottom terribly.
I can see the argument in such extreme cases.
But no other dictatorship is to the same level of crazy as North Korea.
In most cases things can get better. But there needs to be people willing to covertly work against the regime to make things better.