# Need for a Strong Dictator in Certain Countries

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 14, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-for-a-strong-dictator-in-certain-countries/168712 "2003-04-14T19:43:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-for-a-strong-dictator-in-certain-countries/168712/21 "2003-04-15T22:52:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by BaldTaco \*  
> \*\*Overcoming this inbred fear of “the other” will take many more centuries, and I doubt if it will ever be complete. \*\*

I’ve said this before in GD: IMHO, if humans can overcome this fear of “the other”, then we will cease to be _Homo sapiens sapiens_. That would be such a fundamental change, I reckon that we will have evolved into another species that I like to call _Homo sapiens pacis_.

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