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   Is that why russias experiments with democracy have so far been less than    
   optimal?   
      
   That the culture and education needs to change before real democracy can    
   take hold?   
      
   And, are we seeing a trend in the western world, where values and    
   education are setting the stage for a weakening/abolishment of democracy    
   in the long run?   
      
   Best regards,   
   Daniel   
      
      
   On Mon, 18 Dec 2023, Ilya Shambat wrote:   
      
   > There are many proponents of tyrannical parenting who think that they are   
   doing their country a favour by doing what they do.   
   >   
   > They are not. Tyrannical parenting fails to adequately prepare people for   
   living in a democracy.   
   >   
   > When raised in households where one person makes all the decisions, people   
   do not learn compromise and negotiation. The only situations in which they do   
   is if they’ve seen their parents work through their differences like adults.   
   And this happens in    
   households in which the parents are equals.   
   >   
   > Authoritarian parenting prepares people for authoritarian politics. So that   
   even when afforded the rights and liberties of a democracy, a person raised in   
   authoritarian parenting favours authoritarianism with his vote. We see this   
   with many people in    
   America voting for people such as Reagan and Bush and the people in Iran   
   supporting the Ayatollah. If raised in authoritarianism, people will vote for   
   authoritarians. And the mechanisms of democracy will be subverted to support   
   authoritarian politics.   
   >   
   > People living in a democracy need to be made prepared for the democracy; and   
   that means they will have to learn compromise and negotiation. These skills   
   must be instilled since an early age. Which means that the democratic   
   household arrangement, in    
   which the male and the female wield equal power and work with one another like   
   adults, is the correct household model in which to raise people for a   
   democracy. They will see their parents practicing compromise and negotiation   
   with one another. Which    
   means that they will know how to do the same thing with people in their lives   
   and in their political activities.   
   >   
   > When my ex-wife’s father was telling her that she should listen to me as a   
   man, I told him that I didn’t believe anything so stupid. He told me that I   
   was stupid and arrogant. I am a Christian, but I believe that this particular   
   Christian teaching    
   is wrong. Once again, if one parent makes all the decisions, the children   
   never learn compromise and negotiation. Which means that they are ill prepared   
   for a democracy.   
   >   
   > Preparing people for a democracy should start at an early age. Children need   
   to learn compromise and negotiation. And they will do so, once again, if they   
   see their parents do that with one another, instead of growing up in   
   tyrannical households in    
   which one person’s word is the law.   
   >   
      
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