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View Poll Results: Which of these conditions provide the easiest path for a dictator takeover?
Poverty 6 21.43%
Ignorance 12 42.86%
Lack of Arms 10 35.71%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-28-2013, 02:59 PM
 
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Just curious...
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:05 PM
 
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ignorance
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:09 PM
 
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ignorance
Really?

That wasn't the case with the worlds most popular dictator, since many people KNEW what they were doing.

Ignorance does sustain a dictatorship though...
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:16 PM
 
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I voted ignorance only because you didn't have ninjas or zombies as an option, I also would have accepted Sauron or GWB OR Pink Panther !!
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:20 PM
 
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I voted ignorance only because you didn't have ninjas or zombies as an option, I also would have accepted Sauron or GWB OR Pink Panther !!
Ninjas were around during the time of the feudal lords, not totalitarianism.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:21 PM
 
Location: Fredericktown,Ohio
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Ignorance and democracy combined.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:23 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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I am going with...
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:26 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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That wasn't the case with the worlds most popular dictator, since many people KNEW what they were doing.
"The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it."
- Adolf Hitler.

My vote: Ignorance.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:51 PM
 
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I say it's a tie.
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Old 02-28-2013, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Columbus, OH
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Democracy is the quickest way to dictatorship.
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