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A comment on Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal International Order (2019). Parent comment

Re:Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Internati... by JumpCrisscross on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:03AM (#29839179)
> autocracies are constantly prone to being overthrown from within, and from without

And this is quite fundamental to the autocratic model. Coming in #2 in a democratic contest for power means you don’t get to be President. Coming in #2 in an autocratic contest for power means losing your property, liberty and likely life. The former encourages reconciliation. The latter, challenging the outcome at all costs.

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Re:Bound to Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Internati... by notahacker on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:16AM (#29839321)
To build on that, coming in at #2 in a democratic contest for power means you don't get to be President yet. A properly functioning democracy affords you or your faction a second chance usually enhanced by accepting the result. A properly functioning autocracy doesn't.
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