Efficiency of
Decisions: The most highlighting point of totalitarian democracy is that the
decisions can be made within a split second or within the blink of an eye. As
the sole ruler holds all the power so he is pulling all the strings and can
make judgments with the snap of his fingers. Big decisions within the liberal democracy
take a very long time. For instance, the recent debt ceiling crisis in USA took
months of period to ponder over by congressman and women. Huge decisions that
pose threat to national security cannot wait but democratic system makes them
to wait.
Economy: Over
the past few eras, there have been very few or even none democratic systems had
planned economy because they believe in free market. On the contrary,
totalitarian usually have planned economies as is the well- known example of Nazi
Germany. Under totalitarian rule like the Nazis economy flourished because
planned economy is safer. As state controls it so it makes the country better
as a whole. On the other side, though free market is more efficient and
flourishes more but at the same time it can also plummet into conceivable
depth. This is what happened to America in the period known as Great
Depression.
1 comment:
Though I agree that planned economies can prove to bring stability and could even flourish a state in case of Nazi Germany, I think it's not appropriate to call planned economy "safer". Although the decision is made centrally without external interventions. There's no guarantee that the decision being made would actually be appropriate and feasible for the state. Joseph Stalin's agricultural collectivization can provide an example of how totalitarian decisions can go wrong at a state level and result in long term problems. Therefore, it would not be wise to generalize planned economy decisions to be safe as the results can always vary and I think that if different opinions are obtained while making such impact full decisions, it could result in low levels of risk involved.
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