Question

Identify which factor is, in your opinion, the best explanation for authoritarian permanence. Be sure to demonstrate your reasoning.

Answer 1

Authoritarian Permanence

Authority denotes power. Power prefers Permanence. Factor which push for authoritarian permanence is the collusion between the monopoly enterprise and the government of authoritarian state. As both have embedded interest to coalesce. Monopolist want to secure economic interest and continue to dominate the market and political counterpart have political interest to suppress any competitive threat imposed by different competing political rivals. This result into crony capitalism .

Example

Communism - Communist Party of USSR - as it acted both as government and enterprises. This resulted into integration of business and political interest which corrupted the whole system under proletarians, bringing authoritarian permanence.