[thomassmith65]

  a political system which is unable to provide this will be (rightly) condemned by the people

That absolves people who condemn their nation's political system of guilt, but it doesn't absolve those among them who choose authoritarianism of stupidity.

[hunglee2]

What can I say?

You have to deliver. Failure to do so means people - stupid or otherwise - will reach for alternatives.

[krapp]

Authoritarians tend not to actually deliver, though. Their apparent effectiveness is based on propaganda and catharsis, not results or effective governance.

Trump has been a disaster for his base (even the extremists) yet they only ever even considered turning against him because of the Epstein stuff.

[miljanm]

neither do democrats in low/middle income countries