A single counterexample? Pick almost any country in Europe or Asia that had democratic periods in its history, and you'll see a time when it quickly slid into a

A single counterexample? Pick almost any country in Europe or Asia that had democratic periods in its history, and you'll see a time when it quickly slid into authoritarianism or outright dictatorship. England under Cromwell's Protectorate, France under the Napoleons, Italy, Austria, Spain, and Portugal under their respective fascist regimes, Poland under Pilsudski, Lithuania under Smetona, Japan under Konoe's and Tojo's shintaisei, Korea under Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan...