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Quote from: Nerdy doctor on Today at 08:06:33 AM

What happens when too much power is given to one individual? Autocracy slowly and gradually creeps in.
Power should belong to the people as it is the people that is being governed. It is the people who elects principal officials into sensitive positions that can affect either positively or negatively. And that is why power isn't held by an individual. Russia may be considered as running a democracy cause they hold elections in which the people appear to have a say in who governs them but the actions of the present government tends to say otherwise. Laws are being put in place to silence and tighten the grip the government has on the general populace. The news media is heavily censored and citizens cannot have accurate news but propaganda that the government spreads in order to deceive the people.
Too much power shouldn't be in one individuals hand cause most likely, there would be misuse of that power.
Power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely

kingdoms where much more than that, and they provided stability over centuries (british kingdom)
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You are aware that the Queen and previous Kings in Great Britain do not have anything that could resemble effective power even since before Cromwell right? They started loosing pretty much all prerogatives in 1609 and nowadays they are solely a symbolic figure?

Given your knowledge of history and politics, I can now understand most of your posts and assertions as a manifestation of your lack of knowledge about the world you live in.

On the topic itself... The question made me chuckle ... there is no doubt its an authoritarian regime. Curiously enough, it has the appearance of some short of elected presidential regime, but laws are just wet paper and free press is not available, a precondition for any representative regime.

Exactly my thoughts.