Democracy may be the goal of a freedom movement or revolution, but once it’s established, people sometimes experience “dictator envy”—the wish to avoid the messiness and indecisiveness of a government by, for, and of the people.

Democracy may be the goal of a freedom movement or revolution, but once it’s established, people sometimes experience “dictator envy”—the wish to avoid the messiness and indecisiveness of a government by, for, and of the people.