Do you care about the form of a government, or only its results?

[mencken]

I see no reason why providers of security should be structured differently than other services I subscribe to. I do not demand that I be granted a say in who gets to lead the cable company, for instance. I would think such decisions are best left to the shareholders, who would analagously be property holders.

Military dictatorships are a thoroughly primitive form of government, but I suppose such a form is appropriate for underdeveloped countries. I am not convinced that democracy is superior for any people, except the demagogues who exploit it for their own self-aggrandizement.

EDIT: In case it was not clear, liberal autocracy is vastly preferable to illiberal democracy, and arguably even liberal democracy.