An authoritarian right wing government replacing an authoritarian left wing one (user search)
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
April 28, 2024, 01:10:39 AM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Discussion
  History (Moderator: Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee)
  An authoritarian right wing government replacing an authoritarian left wing one (search mode)
Pages: [1]
Author Topic: An authoritarian right wing government replacing an authoritarian left wing one  (Read 1587 times)
Associate Justice PiT
PiT (The Physicist)
Atlas Politician
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 31,175
United States


« on: August 22, 2016, 06:33:00 PM »

The murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a reasonable example of this, I think.

In general, though, I would say that in a leftist dictatorship, the sorts of institutions that usually support right-wing dictatorships (particularly the military) adopt a leftist patina.

     Yeah, my thought was that the sources of right-wing authoritarian government need institutional legitimacy, which a left-wing authoritarian government will not lend them; they become more left-wing authoritarian to survive. The sources of left-wing authoritarian power typically spring forth from grassroots agitation and have no such need; therefore it is easier for left-wing authoritarian governments to arise under and replace right-wing authoritarian ones.
Logged
Associate Justice PiT
PiT (The Physicist)
Atlas Politician
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 31,175
United States


« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2016, 01:42:07 PM »

     Even as a democracy, Russia seems to have been pretty authoritarian. Yeltsin did besiege the Russian White House to consolidate his power.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.025 seconds with 12 queries.