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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