Ladies expand your viewpoint a little bit please. Your factoid above refers to a few warlords in 20th century Africa, let's think longer term for a moment.Original Post Deleted
Tell me about democracy starting with Greece and Rome, for example. Taking history in a fuller sweep. How did that end up @East_coast?
Look at the mass murdering leaders in history and what do they have in common? They all led totalitarian/authoritarian regimes. People like Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot, murdered countless people. No democratic leader in any multi-party democracy has that record.Original Post Deleted
Interesting debate, but tough to make the distinction when some of them come to power via a proper democratic process and subsequently use majorities to “democratically” unwind the checks and balances. Hungary and Poland are current low grade examples that come to mind.