The USA's Biggest Disadvantage

Oberon · 10-12-10, 01:23 PM

Aaah, the age old debate between the division and in-fighting of democracy vs the fast decision making of totalitarianism.

Well, strictly speaking, using the Nazis as an example, and even to some extent most likely North Korea, there are still many groups and divisions.
Within the Nazi high command for example there were continual power struggles between the men at the top, Donitz trying to get aircraft off Goring for example, co-operation and co-ordination was limited because each department was fanatically protective of its own assets and its position within the hierarchy.
In the DPRK, I believe there are also many different powerbases within the actual government, the military is a big part of it, the communist party is another and the two have been at odds over who has the more power for sometime IIRC.

This is just a high level example of division within supposed unity. The only difference is that in a democracy it is encouraged to speak about differences, if you have a different opinion to someone else, you say so. However in a totalitarian regime, you keep that opinion to yourself, state the party line, but work towards your own agenda quietly.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Aaah, the age old debate between the division and in-fighting of democracy vs the fast decision making of totalitarianism. Well, strictly speaking, using the Nazis as an example, and even to some extent most likely North Korea, there are still many groups and divisions. Within the Nazi high command for example there were continual power struggles between the men at the top, Donitz trying to get aircraft off Goring for example, co-operation and co-ordination was limited because each department was fanatically protective of its own assets and its position within the hierarchy. In the DPRK, I believe there are also many different powerbases within the actual government, the military is a big part of it, the communist party is another and the two have been at odds over who has the more power for sometime IIRC. This is just a high level example of division within supposed unity. The only difference is that in a democracy it is encouraged to speak about differences, if you have a different opinion to someone else, you say so. However in a totalitarian regime, you keep that opinion to yourself, state the party line, but work towards your own agenda quietly.