Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
SwordMaster looks back at the good ol' days of the slave trade, after all, it was merely exchanging one master for another which also brought about a great economy with it.

People should be prim and proper and know their place. Only speak when spoken to, never disobey. Do as Master says and not as Master does.
Indeedy. As for "not being any corruption in a dictatorship".... Well, that's just plain false. Call it Royal Gifts or whatever you want to, it was still money given directly from the state treasury to the Monarch's obedient friends, instead of benefiting society, like the vast amount of the treasury in democracies are. Also, please do a quick google for <insert random dictator here>+"swiss bank account". Also, when the monarchs raided the treasury, nothing happened. When politicans do it.... Well, have a quick looky at England.

But the very notion that the elite should rule is inherently ridiculous. Why? Because when we give one group of people absolute power, and remove it from another group of people, it will inevitably lead to them cementing their own position and not allowing anyone else in, be it an aristocracy, an oligarky, communist party, whatever. The ruling elite will have no incentive to raise others up to their own class, while they have every reason to do the opposite, because the more you have to share your power, the less power you get yourself.

The fact that the dumbest person on earth has the same power as the smartest person is the greatest strength of democracy. Simply because there is every incentive for the elite to spread knowledge around, and the goal will be to have every single person as intelligent as possible, as every idiots level of intelligence directly affects the way you live.

There will always be idiots. In a dictatorship, they will remain idiots. In a democracy, the intelligent should do their utmost to educate the dumber ones.