Friedrich von Hayek, Leader and Master of Liberalism
What opinion, in your view, should we have of dictatorships?
Well, I would say that, as long-term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. At times it is necessary for a country to have, for a time, some form or other of dictatorial power. As you will understand, it is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total lack of liberalism. Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. My personal impression — and this is valid for South America - is that in Chile, for example, we will witness a transition from a dictatorial government to a liberal government. And during this transition it may be necessary to maintain certain dictatorial powers, not as something permanent, but as a temporary arrangement.Apart from Chile, can you mention other cases of transitional dictatorial governments?
Well, in England, Cromwell played a transitional role between absolute royal power and the limited powers of the constitutional monarchies. In Portugal, the dictator Oliveira Salazar also started on the right path here, but he failed. He tried, but did not succeed. Then after the war, Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhardt held initially almost dictatorial powers, using them to establish a liberal government in the shortest possible space of time. The situation called for the presence of two very strong men to achieve this task. And the two of them very successfully accomplished this stage towards the establishment of a democratic government.
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Comentário por JoãoMiranda — Novembro 7, 2006 @ 1:25 am
“As you will understand, it is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total lack of liberalism. Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism”
Vem a calhar, numa altura em que o liberalismo constitucional é tão atacado pelo democratismo e o Putin por toda a gente.
Comentário por HO — Novembro 7, 2006 @ 1:52 am
Hayek, o anti-anti-fassista.
A maior conclusão é que devemos ser muito prudentes em julgarmos os regimes e ordens polticas do outros por instrumentos demasiados racionalistas.
POr isso devemos deixar aos “sujeitados” o ónus de resolver os problemas com os seus regimes.
Nunca sabemos se estamos a pretender julgar e apressar uma mudnaça para pior ou a interferir num processo de transição.
E tal se aplica na Europa como no Médio Oriente.
E mais especificamente, um exemplo claro passa-se com os regimes economomicamente muito liberais das monarquias absolutas dos emirados arabes unidos. A liberdade lá é em mutos aspectos maior que em muitas democracias ocidentais.
Comentário por CN — Novembro 7, 2006 @ 8:21 am
“And I believe that people today are aware that the ideals that dominated this 20th century were all based on superstitions. For example, a planned economy, with fair distribution. Or the ability to free oneself from repression and moral conventions. Or seeing a permissive education as a path towards liberty. Or replacing the market economy by a rational arrangement of a government with coercive powers. These ideals marked the age of superstitions. And what is the age of superstitions? It is a time in which people imagine that they know more than they in fact do.”
Comentário por HO — Novembro 7, 2006 @ 10:38 am
Que nojo. É contra tudo isto que eu luto. Mas é a confirmação do que esse pseudo-cientista social queria.
Comentário por Luis — Novembro 7, 2006 @ 5:02 pm
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