Yeah, that's probably a bad sign. That said, I don't think it's as fundamental a difference as a western perspective makes it out to be. Westerners are, for obv

Yeah, that's probably a bad sign. That said, I don't think it's as fundamental a difference as a western perspective makes it out to be. Westerners are, for obvious reasons, terrified of charismatic leaders - but there are plenty of dictatorships that get along just fine with a bureacracy. Having an official great leader doesn't necessarily transform the power structure.