Thomas Friedman advocates dictorship in an op-ed published 2 days before the anniverary of 9/11.”
I will put a couple of dollars into the fund that buys Freidman a ONE WAY ticket to Chavezville, and let him see up close how he likes that status of living.
The thing is, guys like this always assume that, under the dictatorship, they’d be some kind of high priest or intellectual tecnocrat, tucked away in their high tower overlooking the bucolic meadows where the masses toil. They would devote themselves to meditating and imagineering ways to a better life for the simple people down below. The wise and benevolent leader would look to them for advice in solving the problems of his beloved kingdom. It would be a tranquil life, devoted to mind and spirit.
They never see themselves as the guy slogging through the mud behind the water buffalo, or getting his butt kicked by police goons.