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As a contract engineer, I have lived overseas in many undeveloped countries and have seen the benefits and failures of democracy - especially to poor countries. A dictator is efficient, and often more humane than democracy. The reason is democracy requires an knowledgeable electorate. The people voting must know the issues and the people who are running for office. That includes the ability to discern which candidate will best uphold the people's interest. In poor countries often a large percentage of the people do not read newspapers or watch the news. They are primitive and incapable of intelligently participating in a democracy. They will sell their votes for a tee-shirt. In Iraq and Afghanistan the general population hold very little loyalty to their country. God and tribal leaders hold their loyalty, not the government. I saw it in Indonesia where a dictator was able to maintain stability through the use of the military as police. In the late 1990's, riots in Jakarta sparked riots to demand democracy. After fumbling along for 7 or 8 years, they finally got a President that understands democracy. They elected members of Parliament seem to function - but everything is far less efficient than when the country was controlled by a dictator. This is a long subject, but suffice to conclude that democracy is NOT the perfect form of government for all countries.
As a contract engineer, I have lived overseas in many undeveloped countries and have seen the benefits and failures of democracy - especially to poor countries. A dictator is efficient, and often more humane than democracy. The reason is democracy requires an knowledgeable electorate. The people voting must know the issues and the people who are running for office. That includes the ability to discern which candidate will best uphold the people's interest. In poor countries often a large percentage of the people do not read newspapers or watch the news. They are primitive and incapable of intelligently participating in a democracy. They will sell their votes for a tee-shirt.
In Iraq and Afghanistan the general population hold very little loyalty to their country. God and tribal leaders hold their loyalty, not the government. I saw it in Indonesia where a dictator was able to maintain stability through the use of the military as police. In the late 1990's, riots in Jakarta sparked riots to demand democracy. After fumbling along for 7 or 8 years, they finally got a President that understands democracy. They elected members of Parliament seem to function - but everything is far less efficient than when the country was controlled by a dictator.
This is a long subject, but suffice to conclude that democracy is NOT the perfect form of government for all countries.
