> What kind of dictator are you talking about? A ruler with absolute political power. > ...modern version, of which there are many terrible examples before po

> What kind of dictator are you talking about? A ruler with absolute political power. > ...modern version, of which there are many terrible examples before power transition becomes an issue? This actually reinforces my point. I never denied the existence of bad dictators (or even that the majority of dictators are bad, I think that's quite likely). This would make the power transition for a country that happened to get a good one significantly more dangerous.