alt Hacker NewsBeing able to vote in a strong leader to fix things directly is a feature. Democracy is not always the answer and when it is it can be too slow when time matters.
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I think it's quite obvious now how this leads to the erosion of rights and laws, looking at the current state of the affairs.
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For “fixing things” there are well-defined mechanisms such as state of emergency declaration of war.
Those give the leader extra powers, but do not give them carte blanche to do as they wish. Those extra powers are limited to handle specific problems.