Dictatorship in America

[Bewaffnete Krafte]

As long as there's freedom of religion, freedom of marriage, freedom to be alive, and freedom to talk with others on the internet (I don't care about freedom of speech), I couldn't care less

Humanity has degraded so much that we care more about the ability to argue on the depressing as fuck internet with strangers than the ability to speak freely and have free will.

[Thermodolia]

As long as there's freedom of religion, freedom of marriage, freedom to be alive, and freedom to talk with others on the internet (I don't care about freedom of speech), I couldn't care less

Humanity has degraded so much that we care more about the ability to argue on the depressing as fuck internet with strangers than the ability to speak freely and have free will.

The opinions of one person doesn’t mean shit about the state of humanity as a whole

[Floofybit]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

[Japuile]

I know it was necessary to give an opinion, but I prefer instead to remind everyone to discuss with peace of heart and spirit, not emotionally, even though politics can be steeped in showbiz.

Thanks for reading this - if you think you're about to be blown away by someone's orthodox opinion, then it's better to listen to some music for a while and do something else to calm your turbulent emotions.

[Exarkyon]

Personally, I find nothing inherently virtuous about democracy. It is a means, just like every other system of government, not an end in itself.

But it's been a decently effective means.

It's imperfect, but a regular old absolute monarchy/dictatorship is a whole lot worse.

I have my own ideas on how a psuedo-monarchy plus an overseeing body could work (they're used in my IC nation, detailed in a factbook, if you want to see them), but I don't think that we should revolt or anything like that to implement them. It's just a cool idea I had and I have no clue if it would actually work.

TLDR; no, but I only support democracy until somebody comes up with something better

[Thermodolia]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

Well you can’t have freedom of speech if it’s illegal to question the government. That’s not freedom of speech. So if you want freedom of speech then that means you can question and criticize the government freely

[Thermodolia]

Personally, I find nothing inherently virtuous about democracy. It is a means, just like every other system of government, not an end in itself.

But it's been a decently effective means.

It's imperfect, but a regular old absolute monarchy/dictatorship is a whole lot worse.

I have my own ideas on how a psuedo-monarchy plus an overseeing body could work (they're used in my IC nation, detailed in a factbook, if you want to see them), but I don't think that we should revolt or anything like that to implement them. It's just a cool idea I had and I have no clue if it would actually work.

TLDR; no, but I only support democracy until somebody comes up with something better

As Churchill said “Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…”

[Necroghastia]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

[Thermodolia]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

Other than it might enforce your beliefs (that are totally true and just) on the heathens (who’s beliefs are not true or just) not much

[Portzania]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

What thermodolia said

[Juansonia]

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

Other than it might enforce your beliefs (that are totally true and just) on the heathens (who’s beliefs are not true or just) not much

Think of all the paper wasted on ballots though! I mean it's not much compared to the fact that autocrats have incentive to not provide for their citizenry, but still.

[Vikanias]

If the regime conformed to my beliefs, I'd be a proud supporter of dictatorship.

It's BASED when the state persecutes, jails and slaughters MY political opponents but when it happens to me it's CRINGE.

Exactly, our nutjobs roam free while we imprison their nutjobs

[Aggicificicerous]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

It's simple. People who cheer for an authoritarian dictatorship do so under the assumption that such a government would support their own values and stances while suppressing the values and stances of their opponents.

[Floofybit]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

Safety

[Juansonia]

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

Safety

Democracy is also good at providing safety, and it has more incentive to protect its people instead of neglecting them.

[Necroghastia]

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

Safety

I cannot think of one single authoritarian dictatorship where I would feel more safe than... pretty much any other type of government.

[United States Reborn]

Alright, freedom of speech is fine, but I don't care if it's illegal to go against the government

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

The schadenfreude that comes with watching your opponents get detained and thrown into vans by masked police officers, like in 2020.

[Necroghastia]

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

The schadenfreude that comes with watching your opponents get detained and thrown into vans by masked police officers, like in 2020.

[Thermodolia]

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

Safety

But that safety will only happen if you don’t fall into the out group. And given that you are Mormon I’d have to say that it’s pretty high possibility that you will fall into the out group as Mormons are not seen as True BeliversTM

[Hidrandia]

No, absolutely not. Democracy, and the debate that comes with it ends up with a law or bill that is fair to all the people's interests in the country. A dictatorship while in theory could achive this, its highly unlikely.

Also, most dictatorships are in reality are an Oligarchy who would be interested in thier own interest than that of the people.

[Thermodolia]

Seriously, what is there to LIKE about an authoritarian dictatorship?

The schadenfreude that comes with watching your opponents get detained and thrown into vans by masked police officers, like in 2020.

Until it’s you that gets dragged away because the new dictator needs to purge the supporters of the old dictator

[Diarcesia]

The schadenfreude that comes with watching your opponents get detained and thrown into vans by masked police officers, like in 2020.

Until it’s you that gets dragged away because the new dictator needs to purge the supporters of the old dictator

Consider that there are people who are aware of that even if they want autocracy. For them, that is simply the way of the world.

[United States Reborn]

The schadenfreude that comes with watching your opponents get detained and thrown into vans by masked police officers, like in 2020.

Until it’s you that gets dragged away because the new dictator needs to purge the supporters of the old dictator

You'd only need to be scared if you're high-profile. I wouldn't be.

I'd still support it. I'm quite happy being a member of the rank-and-file.

[Benuty]

If the regime conformed to my beliefs, I'd be a proud supporter of dictatorship.

Beliefs are a funny thing, sometimes its you on the end of the line getting unpersoned.

[Benuty]

become a dictatorship? the country's been in the pockets of a few individuals since its inception.

This would basically be a slipping-of-the-mask event. Suffice to say its not a good thing when a country has that happen.