[yichi]

Dictatorship is very good at combating crime if it's under good hands (which itself is a tall order imo), just look at Singapore, the problem with dictatorship is the lack of accountability and 99% of dictators simply suck at governing hence democracy is usually better since most dictators have a severe case of Dunning–Kruger effect. People like Bukele and Lee Kuan Yew are very few and far between.

[wolverine876]

Do you have evidence of the first sentence? Or is it circular?: If crime goes down, they are 'good' dictators.

What about the victims of those dictators, who lose lives and families and freedom? They don't much benefit from the 'good'.

[jjav]

> If crime goes down, they are 'good' dictators.

Crime nearly always goes down with dictators, that's not a good metric. The question is how many completely innocent people have their lives ruined or lost in the process.

[wolverine876]

> Crime nearly always goes down with dictators

Wow, I am pretty well informed and I've never seen that. Do you have evidence of it?

[Spooky23]

In a police state, it’s good to be a cop.