Under dictatorship, you can still kinda do that… But also the state might just take your stuff and have you shot if they feel like it.
That can happen under democracy, too, but elected legislators, generally don’t go up against the economic elite, because they’re often one and the same, but also because it pays better not to.
I see it.
I don’t have any contact with the American elite, but my ex-wife is married to a Burmese guy and lives with him and our daughter in Myanmar, which is a military dictatorship - and the guy is extremely well off and connected. So I was randomly thinking about this today.
The wealthy elite in the US have even more freedom and access to exponential wealth because most democracies have a legal system that makes holding the wealthy accountable for anything they do extremely difficult because they can drag out cases and settle. In a dictatorship the ability to do what one wants is at the whim of the dictator.
Better in democracies.
Under democracy, you can buy legislators.
Under dictatorship, you can still kinda do that… But also the state might just take your stuff and have you shot if they feel like it.
That can happen under democracy, too, but elected legislators, generally don’t go up against the economic elite, because they’re often one and the same, but also because it pays better not to.
I see it. I don’t have any contact with the American elite, but my ex-wife is married to a Burmese guy and lives with him and our daughter in Myanmar, which is a military dictatorship - and the guy is extremely well off and connected. So I was randomly thinking about this today.
The wealthy elite in the US have even more freedom and access to exponential wealth because most democracies have a legal system that makes holding the wealthy accountable for anything they do extremely difficult because they can drag out cases and settle. In a dictatorship the ability to do what one wants is at the whim of the dictator.