Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... autocratic leaders who, for any one of a dozen personal reasons, could not be trusted to keep to the bargain they had signed. In addition, being human, they would die from time to time, and a new, untried individual would emerge from a ...
... autocratic leaders who, for any one of a dozen personal reasons, could not be trusted to keep to the bargain they had signed. In addition, being human, they would die from time to time, and a new, untried individual would emerge from a ...
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... autocratic leader capable of taking the nation to war single-handedly was far from the original conception when the ... autocrats. George Bush once declared at a meeting that God had instructed him to invade Iraq, and has described his ...
... autocratic leader capable of taking the nation to war single-handedly was far from the original conception when the ... autocrats. George Bush once declared at a meeting that God had instructed him to invade Iraq, and has described his ...
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... autocratic original model. In the pioneering days when the New World society was being formed, government was generally regarded as a necessary evil, and politicians were seen as public servants, representatives of the people delegated ...
... autocratic original model. In the pioneering days when the New World society was being formed, government was generally regarded as a necessary evil, and politicians were seen as public servants, representatives of the people delegated ...
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... have power for only a single year, so the threat of a populist, autocratic president, a televisable, plausible, smiling president elected for four years directly by the people, and with enormous power – in our day more power in some.
... have power for only a single year, so the threat of a populist, autocratic president, a televisable, plausible, smiling president elected for four years directly by the people, and with enormous power – in our day more power in some.
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