Autocracy vs Democracy -- who cares?

Good governance is a combination of both the personalities driving the government, and the system used to guide it.

An intelligent and insightful dictator is empowered with sufficient flexibility as to allow him to move quickly and decisively. A vote bound leader is not endowed with such power; or, if he is, it is only temporary and at high cost.

An individual possessed of absolute power is practically the only force which is able to