Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Benevolent Dictatorship

Benevolent Dictatorship was described by Benito Mussolini as the best possible form of government. He used that line in his political speeches, and promised the Italian people to be that benevolent dictator if elected. So they elected him.

In his speech, he would say that in a partisan democracy, if you take a problem to the government, all you get is endless partisan bickering. In a benevolent dictatorship, you get an immediate resolution to the greatest benefit of the greatest numbers. The fallacy is that you took your problem to the government instead of working out a solution on your own.

The president has recently been pining for such a benevolent dictatorship, whit himself as benevolent dictator of course. Ruling for the greatest good for the greatest number of his friends. It's how it's done in Chicago.

3 comments:

Brad K. said...

President Obama is finding the tax revenue and debt situation perplexing and troubling.

He understands Chicago style protection rackets.

That is why he cannot envision tax revenue going down. The "boys" never lower the protection payment. Not ever. And the "boys" spend the proceeds; no one (alive) argues about that.

But he doesn't understand why Congress keeps whining and worrying over a done-deal protection racket.

It is the rest of the country that cannot understand why any educated and aware citizen would confuse the US budget and obligations with a gangster-style protection racket.

Al Capone has to be spinning in his grave. "Why didn't I do it that way?!"

Billll said...

What Obama fails to remember is that the mob traditionally limits its "piece of the action" to 20%. They understand the parable of the goose and the golden eggs.

A socialist understands that all wealth is communal property and that anything you fail to render unto Caesar is by their definition, theft.

Anonymous said...

"The president has recently been pining for such a benevolent dictatorship, whit himself as benevolent dictator of course. Ruling for the greatest good for the greatest number of his friends. It's how it's done in Chicago."

That's also how it's done in Libertarian Utopia (a.k.a. Privatopia).