Why Not a Benevolent Dictator !
Why not a benevolent Dictator ! I was quite taken aback by this question put to me by a friend last evening. He was obviously shaken by the images of continuous corruption scandals, inability of state to provide basic things like security to people, and more sinister lack of acknowledgement that things are going astray. I remember the times in college debates when we used to actively debate the obvious benefits of democracy over dicatotorship. There were ready examples next door-Pakistan provided enough examples of mis-governance, abuse of human rights,lack of rights etc to proponents of democracy. Even though there was much to be desired in our own backyard in terms of governance, and execution of rule of law in the country the general consensus was that we never actually thought that in our lifetimes we will reach a stage where we will again debate if benevolent dictator is better than a government steeped in crony capitalism, inaction, and a malevolent desire to subvert th...