← Back to context Comment by nuka_coffee 1 day ago A dictatorship has a dictator. Who doesn't know that? 3 comments nuka_coffee Reply aaomidi 1 day ago TBH modern dictatorships are a lot less obvious in the way you describing.There are dictatorships, where a very select few people have absolute power, but there’s no visible dictator.Iran is a country like this. There’s no visible dictator. It’s a game of power between the clergy, the military, and the civil government. wongarsu 1 day ago Those are more like aristocracies or oligarchies than dictatorships though. Though maybe those are not the best descriptions of Iran either cess11 1 day ago There is a long tradition of calling rule without care for the ruled 'tyranny'. Aristotle considered this the worst perversion of the best form of government, i.e. monarchy.
aaomidi 1 day ago TBH modern dictatorships are a lot less obvious in the way you describing.There are dictatorships, where a very select few people have absolute power, but there’s no visible dictator.Iran is a country like this. There’s no visible dictator. It’s a game of power between the clergy, the military, and the civil government. wongarsu 1 day ago Those are more like aristocracies or oligarchies than dictatorships though. Though maybe those are not the best descriptions of Iran either cess11 1 day ago There is a long tradition of calling rule without care for the ruled 'tyranny'. Aristotle considered this the worst perversion of the best form of government, i.e. monarchy.
wongarsu 1 day ago Those are more like aristocracies or oligarchies than dictatorships though. Though maybe those are not the best descriptions of Iran either cess11 1 day ago There is a long tradition of calling rule without care for the ruled 'tyranny'. Aristotle considered this the worst perversion of the best form of government, i.e. monarchy.
cess11 1 day ago There is a long tradition of calling rule without care for the ruled 'tyranny'. Aristotle considered this the worst perversion of the best form of government, i.e. monarchy.
TBH modern dictatorships are a lot less obvious in the way you describing.
There are dictatorships, where a very select few people have absolute power, but there’s no visible dictator.
Iran is a country like this. There’s no visible dictator. It’s a game of power between the clergy, the military, and the civil government.
Those are more like aristocracies or oligarchies than dictatorships though. Though maybe those are not the best descriptions of Iran either
There is a long tradition of calling rule without care for the ruled 'tyranny'. Aristotle considered this the worst perversion of the best form of government, i.e. monarchy.