>NOOOOOOO, you just can't have prosperity while being an authoritarian state! Democracy was supposed to be the only viable form of government!!!
NOOOOOOO...
Cooper Martin
Daniel Jenkins
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Ayden Brown
>what about human rights and liberty ?
Bentley Green
>UUUUUUUUH you can't let an all-knowing AI implant nanomachines inside of us which deliver near-lethal shocks whenever we have irrational thoughts!
>NO I DON'T CARE THAT SOCIETY IS PEACEFUL NOW, WHAT ABOUT MUH FREE WILL AND PASSION?
Jeremiah Edwards
>NOOOOOOO you can't just do things detrimental to society those are bad!
Jason Rodriguez
Prosperity is not all that there is to it. Personal liberty is a value that is worth pursuing and protecting.
Ryan Green
>prosperity
>authoritarian state
Choose one, larper
Dominic Parker
>s-shut up nazicommie!!!!!!!!1111
Jack Edwards
Singapore
Christopher Evans
t. first worlder with 30 000 gdp per capita
Owen Hughes
>NOOOOO you cant just kill commies they deserve a fair slow and expensive trial
Cooper Phillips
>NOOO you can't sell out the country to protect your family! Mr. Spock said that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few!
Carter Howard
>literally crying and shaking rn, how could you expose the government mandated homicides of people who knew too much? We needed the secrecy so the people wouldn't riot and kill each other, you self-righteous asshole!
Caleb Myers
>its not fair if the dictatorial officials make lots of money
Jose Collins
>SOB, SOB, how could you investigate these confidential documents?! Now I have to kill you for the good of the country, I'm so sorry!
>WAIT, NO, NO, DON'T PULL OUT YOUR LEGALLY OWNED ASSAULT RIFLE, THAT'S CHEAT-*prrrbang* *prrrbang*
Dominic Wilson
>AAAARGH WAIT, YOU CAN'T SNIPE THAT POLICEMAN AND HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE HURT YOUR HONOR, HE WAS JUST DOING HIS JOB- NONONOOOOO!
Nicholas Cox
So what, it doesn't change the fact that there are things just as important as wealth
Mason Bailey
>NO MR.GOLDBERG, you can't wipe the Germans and their culture from history because they willingly voted for Hitler and the Holocaust! They were just hurt and misunderstood!
Colton Wood
"personal liberty" is a capitalist lie
Dylan Russell
>WHAT THE FUUUUUCK YOU CAN'T SLAUGHTER YOUR HUSBAND WITH A KITCHEN KNIFE IN HIS SLEEP AND GRIND HIS ENTRAILS BECAUSE HE KEEPS ABUSING YOU, YOU'RE VIOLATING THE NAP!
Jonathan Rogers
>wtf nooooooooo you can't pass pro worker laws!!! where is my personal liberty to pay little to nothing for wages and fire whoever i want from my business?!
Luke Garcia
>I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU- AH SHIT YOU CAN'T JUST INSTRUCT YOUR KIDS TO SHOOT ME IF I PULLED OUT A GUN, OH GOD OH FUCK I'M BLEEDING, ALEXA PLEASE SAY SOMETHING INSPIRING ABOUT RATIONAL SELF-INTEREST
>*blip* "The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."
>OH THANK YOU ALEXA, THANK YOU, NOW I CAN DIE A FREE MAN RATHER THAN A SLA-*agonizing breath* *shits himself*
Samuel Reyes
>schklklklschchklkslllslllloh GOOOD it hurts so much
>HOLY SHIT is that Heaven? Holy shit holy shit that's the spirit of Ayn Rand coming to greet me!
>WAIT WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU BOUGHT OUT HEAVEN AND WANT ME OUT OF YOUR PROPERTY? YOU SELFISH WHORE!
>AAAAAARGH HELL BURNS, HELL BURNS, HEEEEELP, HEEEEEEEEEEEEELP, JORDAN PETERSON HELP ME
Nathaniel Butler
I'm not all that familiar on authoritarian states outside of Asia so from what I know:
Park Chung-Hee Korea
Chiang Kai Shek Taiwan
Lee-Kuan-Yew Singapore
Technically even our Marcos but mostly because Cory's government was such an absolute fuck up, so much so that even including the recession Marcos outperformed all administrations before Gloria fixed the economy.