@earl-of-trumps said
Chile...? Kev, it is how a leader rules his own people as to whether or not he is a dictator.

The CIA/USA overthrew the peaceful leader of Iran, the Shah. That is a more egregious case than Chile. And don't think I approve of that chit.

But I was only commenting on your claim that dictators derive from socialism or communism when in fact they can be dropped out of an aeroplane or just take advantage of the political instability of their own state and offer simple solutions to complex problems, perhaps a democratic country slides into dictatorship with their eyes wide open which may or may not be happening in

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I think for powerful States like the US a country run by a dictatorship is much easier to control and exploit than a democracy especially a democratic socialist state.