If we look at the history some countries got maximum development in Dictator ship while some got maximum development in democratic government. Every system has it's own flaws and benefits. What do you like ? if we talk about the welfare of general people.
It's about the motive of the ruler.
And Dictatorship or democracy is just a disguise.
No one can run a country without popular support from its citizens.
The parliamentary democratic system is so corrupt that no good person can rise to the top.
Reality in a nutshell. Also why I decided to never go into politics, since it's a waste of my lifetime. I'm not very fond of democracy either, since it's steered by money and power (by manipulating the public consens). And even if it wasn't, I wouldn't want people who do not take the time to carefully and objectively research facts being able to vote on important matters that directly impact my life. That's no different from being bullied by a stronger, but stupid and shortsighted, group of people.
Dictatorship isn't a lot better either though, unless the leader actually cares about betterment of humanity as a whole while actually having the competence to carry out long term visions.