I can, but totalitarianism isn’t a viable alternatives.
It’s like asking me if I’m so dirty, am I so accustomed to the comfort of showers that I can’t imagine the benefits of an acid bath. Like…no, I’m not taking an acid bath regardless of how clean it makes me.
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
I can imagine an alternative, but the reality is that such an alternative has never arisen.
The imagianry ‘good’ version of totalitarianism, I assume, is one where there’s a ‘good’ dictator who is also so intelligent they’re able to run everything very efficiently, where everyone enjoys or at least accepts the dictatorship because everything gets better for everyone. But that’s a very odd utopian daydream. In reality, being a dictator and being good are mutually incompatible.
dope@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Not looking for a good totalitarianism. Looking for a thing that is good about totalitarianism.
One example that has been offered in this thread is, “decisions can be made fast”.
frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 2 years ago
There aren’t any, because if there were, there would be good totalitarianisms.
I partially addressed the ‘fast decisions’ myth above in my comments about efficiency and in more detail here.