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Strongman Leaders More Trusted than Democrats in Developing World

posted by martyb on Wednesday October 19 2016, @05:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the making-sausage dept.

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Authoritarian leaders are seen as far more trustworthy than politicians in more openly democratic countries across the emerging world, according to data compiled by the World Economic Forum.

Leaders in Singapore, the Gulf states and Rwanda are rated as having the highest ethical standards in the emerging markets, closely followed by their Chinese and central Asian counterparts.

In contrast, politicians in democracies such as Brazil, Paraguay, Nigeria, Mexico and Romania are seen as exhibiting the lowest ethical standards.

Overall, among the 20 emerging market countries rated as having the most trustworthy politicians in the 2016 survey, 13 are rated as "not free" by Freedom House, a US government-funded non-governmental organisation, with three classed as partly free and just four classed as free.

Among the 20 emerging markets whose politicians are seen as having the lowest ethical standards, not one is classed by Freedom House as not free, with six free and 14 partly free.

https://www.ft.com/content/79d1ce36-8ca9-11e6-8aa5-f79f5696c731

Might be paywalled, but I got in using my normal combination of noscript, self-destructing cookies, and referrer spoofing (from google.com).

Text without charts: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2016/10/1823541-polls-show-low-approval-of-the-ethical-standards-of-leaders-in-latin-america.shtml

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday October 19 2016, @10:02AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 19 2016, @10:02AM (#416075) Journal

    Related, yes. And, if you want to be a "leader" in today's corporate world, you've got to be confident, as well as 6' tall or more. And, don't forget that being a great bullshitter is important. If you don't know the answer to a problem, you've got to spit out a "solution" anyway. It's got to be semi-convincing, then later, you can say that people misunderstood you. What you REALLY wanted was, blah blah blah. And, finally, ass kissing. Yes men go far, if they can meet the previously stated requirements.

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  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Thursday October 20 2016, @03:54AM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday October 20 2016, @03:54AM (#416469)

    as well as 6' tall or more.
    ...
    And, finally, ass kissing.

    So ... it's important to be flexible?

    • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 20 2016, @04:34AM

      by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 20 2016, @04:34AM (#416476) Journal

      Yeah, you either have to be flexible, or pivot really fast.