77-8: Hayek in a 1981 interview with Chilean newspaper El Mercurio said that dictatorship "may be a necessary system for a transition period. At times it is necessary for a country that there is some form of dictatorial power. As you understand it is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible that democracy governs with a total lack of liberalism. My personal preference is for a liberal dictator and not for a democratic government lacking in liberties"
Alexandre Fenelon wrote:
> -Maybe Justin can answer this question.
> -I was told that Ludwig von Mises has said that the nazist regimen fulfilled
> points of the Communist Manifesto program (althought I´ve already read in a
> crazy right wing site that Bill Clinton fulfilled 10/10...). Where Von Mises
> wrote it, and was him right?
> -In the Brazilian Press I´ve had much mentions about Hayek´s utopia (or
> disptopia), a regimen with an extremely limited democracy. Where can I get
> something about it? And what was the stance of Hayek and Von Mises towards
> democracy?
>
> Alexandre
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