I think a LOT of this depends on definition of “dictator”—what they demand and provide that’s different from what the populace wants, and how they enforce their dictates. To a great extent, these arguments seem to apply to democracies as well as dictatorships—no specific individual leaders are stable, and policies vary over time pretty significantly, even if a structure and name can last for a few centuries.
An example: England has had a monarch for MUCH longer than any democracy has been around. Incorporating this fact requires that we define how that monarch is not a dictator, and to be more specific about what aspects of governance we’re talking about.
I think a LOT of this depends on definition of “dictator”—what they demand and provide that’s different from what the populace wants, and how they enforce their dictates. To a great extent, these arguments seem to apply to democracies as well as dictatorships—no specific individual leaders are stable, and policies vary over time pretty significantly, even if a structure and name can last for a few centuries.
An example: England has had a monarch for MUCH longer than any democracy has been around. Incorporating this fact requires that we define how that monarch is not a dictator, and to be more specific about what aspects of governance we’re talking about.
This is a spoof post, and you probably shouldn’t spend much brain power on evaluating its ideas.