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But, like crdoconnor says, unions are an exercise in democracy--and the majority of the workforce are not brilliant.

never said democracy was good. A benevolent dictator externally motivated by serving his subjects is a much better government.

for example, Jesus.

I'll take democracy over religion any day.

> A benevolent dictator externally motivated by serving his subjects is a much better government.

Not sure that's generally true; a perfectly benevolent, non-omniscient dictator could be quite bad.

Not that "perfectly benevolent dictator" is a real option as a long-term form of government.

> for example, Jesus.

Jesus may have been perfectly benevolent, but isn't much of an example of benevolent dictatorship as a better form of government.