
Sydney Morning Herald
Tuesday, 23rd February 2010
Dumb autocrats use the army, goon squads and guns to repress the opposition. Smart autocrats use the law courts to do it. Indonesia's Soeharto was a dumb autocrat. Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad were smart autocrats.The Lee-Mahathir model keeps the outward facade...
