> should be able to make unpopular decisions that are good in the long run Well, no, totalitarianism is characterized by the unilateral exercise of power, and

> should be able to make unpopular decisions that are good in the long run Well, no, totalitarianism is characterized by the unilateral exercise of power, and the results will vary wildly depending on who your tyrant is. Tyrants are easily as dumb as the average person; dumber, perhaps, if you think that absolute power corrupts one's ability to view the world objectively (or that those who have a tendency to seek absolute power might correlate with those who do not have the best interests of others at heart).