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Old 04-10-2013, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by aklim View Post
How so? How is a dictatorship not more efficient from the standpoint of less argument during decision making? Instead of spending 2 hrs to convince my wife that we need to buy car X, it is easier to say "We are buying car X because I think it is the best idea. End of story.", IOW "Because I said so".

You mean putting forth your view in a nice way? You are trying to make a new phrase by saying she has veto power but less than yours. It is not different than saying you have veto power except now you are including her in it.
I believe the term you might be searching for is "benevolent dictator".

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