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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Why are democracies more liberal than autocracies
 
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Sucrose
Dec 9, 2009
 You’re surprised that in a highly hierarchical society where the hierarchy is based on power that women and ethnic minorities would be treated as lesser? It’s all very coherent in an authoritarian mindset. Just as the ruler is the head of the country, there to issue orders and be obeyed, the husband is the head of the household and is to be obeyed in his own house. Likewise, there’s a whole societal hierarchy where individuals with less power are expected to yield to individuals with more power, and hence there isn’t even any pretending that low-status, poorer ethnic minorities are equals with members of social groups of a higher rank.

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