Comment by akoboldfrying

> The repeated failures of authoritarianism to get to a good place are so consistent it is wild that people keep trying it.

Lee Kuan Yew would like a word.

The world is complicated. There may be more than one way to get to a good place, if we can even agree on what good looks like. Most people, even libertarians, think that some kind and degree of authoritarianism is beneficial in a government, we just disagree on the details.