9th Class Social Science What is Democracy? Why Democracy?

  • question_answer 14)
    This cartoon is from Brazil, a country that has long experience of dictatorship. It is entitled 'The Hidden Side of Dictatorship’   (i) Which hidden sides does this cartoon depict?   (ii) Is it necessary for every dictatorship to have a hidden side?   (iii) Find this out the dictators discussed in the first chapter and, if possible, about Abacha in Nigeria and Macros in the Philippines.

    Answer:

    (i) The hidden side depicted by the cartoon is the brutal side to the dictator. Dictator like Hitler ordered mass killings, to eliminate 'undesirable' persons like Hitler many dictator killed the innocent people who were against their regime. This evil side of the dictator is shown in this cartoon.   (ii) No, it is not necessary for every dictatorship to have a hidden side. Because, if the dictator really wants to  work  for the betterment of people, he does not need to have a hidden side.   (iii) (a) The revolt by the army took place in Chile on 11th September 1973 under General Augusto Pinochet in which President Salvador Allende was killed. Pinochet became the president the country and ruled it for the next 17 years.   (b) Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was the last communist leader Poland who was the head of the state from 1985 to 1990. He resigned from the power after the Polish Round table Agreement in 1989 that led to democratic elections in Poland.   (c) General Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military dictator and politician. He was the defacto president of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998. His regime was tied to human rights violations and allegations of corruption. He hanged the fomous social activist Ken Saro-Wiwa. He did not allow democratic process like elections in Nigaria. He was listed as the world's fourth most corrupt leader in recent history.   (d) Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was the president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He implemented wide-ranging) programmes of infrastructure development and economic reform. However, his administration was marred by massive authoritarian, political repression and human rights violations. In the 2004, Global Transparency Report, Marcos appeared in the list of the world's corrupt leader. He was said to have amassed between $ 5 billion to $ 10 billion in his 21 years as President of Philippines.  


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