Karen, Saddam is a classic bully and he has made a government o hierarchical bullys. All levels rule those below with the fear of death or torture, all the way up to Saddam. Spain had one of those, USSR, sov blocs, the SHah of Iran, as well as Hitler.
We do not have this type of system, however Hitler, the Shah, sov blocs etc all call themselves democracies and they even have elections. The only problem is that in their country 99% vote and they all vote for the ruler.
So that means they are a lot more free than we are, since we vote around 60% or so compared to their 99%. Even Cuba, that little bastion of brave free men votes 99% for Castro.
I do not know how we can do it, but I do not want any more countries that vote 99% for 1 man. Countries like Cuba, N Korea, Iran etc.
How do we do this? By being so tough that no-one can attack us and by preventing anyone from building up to being equally tough if they are in that 99% vote group.
I do not mind true democracies with power. Dictarors I fear as they lack rational control.
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