“Authoritarian government is justified when democracy fails catastrophically”
Agree
- Emergencies require decisive action not debate
- Mass movements can be dangerously wrong
- Some populations need stability over freedom
- Democracy elected Hitler remember
- Order prevents worse suffering than oppression
Disagree
- Freedom is more valuable than security
- Who decides when it's 'justified'
- Power corrupts absolutely every time
- Short-term stability creates long-term tyranny
- People deserve self-determination always
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