A democracy provides at least the minimum amount of feedback to the rulers. Even in the worst democracy the ruling group must convince a large percentage of the

A democracy provides at least the minimum amount of feedback to the rulers. Even in the worst democracy the ruling group must convince a large percentage of the population that they are doing a better job than the alternative. In a dictatorship on the other hand only a small percentage of the population must catered to (eg the officer corp). Changing a vote from one party to another is pretty simple and anyone can do it. Starting or joining a protest/revolution is a lot harder.