> The hybrid countries : Singapore , Monaco, UAE, Macao, Bahrain look incredibly appealing right now. Even though they are autocracies they are ruled by benevol

> The hybrid countries : Singapore , Monaco, UAE, Macao, Bahrain look incredibly appealing right now. Even though they are autocracies they are ruled by benevolent dictators The problem with benevolent dictatorships is that the apex of the pyramid is incredibly attractive to intelligent psychopaths and other predators, and it typically only takes one of those making it to the top to strip away the benevolence. And intelligent psychopaths are also pretty good at rung-climbing. In the US, that same segment is usually attracted to the private sector rather than public service, where there is at least no single apex (small comfort though that may be) so it forms an oligarchy, and the executive branch is tangled in various checks and balances (inadequate as those sometimes seem).