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Dictatorships and Double Standards is an article published in the November 1979 issue of Commentary by
Jeane Kirkpatrick that criticized the
foreign policy of the
Carter administration.
Kirkpatrick argued that by demanding rapid liberalization in traditionally
autocratic countries, the Carter administration (and previous administrations) had delivered those countries to
anti-American opposition groups that proved more repressive than the governments they overthrew. She further accused the administration of a "double standard" in that it had never applied its rhetoric on the necessity of liberalization to the affairs of
Communist governments.
The essay compares traditional autocracies and Communist regimes:
» "[Traditionalautocrats] don't disturb the habitual rhythms of work and leisure, habitual places of residence, habitual patterns of family and personal relations. Because the miseries of traditional life are familiar, they're bearable to ordinary people who, growing up in the society, learn to cope . . . ."
» "[RevolutionaryCommunist regimes] claim jurisdiction over the whole life of the society and make demands for change that so violate internalized values and habits that inhabitants flee by the tens of thousands . . . ."
Kirkpatrick concluded that while the United States should encourage liberalization and democracy in autocratic countries, it shouldn't do so when the government is facing violent overthrow, and should expect gradual change rather than immediate transformation.
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