“Our job is to insure when they happens the dictator is on our side :)”
By definition, a dictator is against conservatism. Everyone needs the freedom to pursue their own self-interest. For self-interest for everyone is the optimum for society as a whole. Any dictatorship subtracts that self-interest from some subset and thus eventually for all.
The problem is Democracy just doesn’t work, never has, never will. As soon as the ignorant masses learn that they can effectively vote themselves the treasury (but electing only those who promises them the most stuff) it collapses.
Only a revolution can fix such a situation, and my definition a revolution has a leader, which in the strictest sense is a dictator. Until such time as a Republican form of government can be re-established restricting voting to only those that have proven responsible enough to be entrusted with the task.
By definition, a dictator is against conservatism. Everyone needs the freedom to pursue their own self-interest. For self-interest for everyone is the optimum for society as a whole. Any dictatorship subtracts that self-interest from some subset and thus eventually for all.
_________________________________________________
As I read the comments in this thread my mind is transported to Egypt and I try to fit the ongoing military ‘dictatorship’ into this discussion. I believe the only way you can break a hell bent totalitarian regime is with the military, as is now taking place in Egypt. If a dictator is bent on maintaining perpetual totalitarian rule and he retains the confidence of country's military, the people are screwed. Where we now go as a country rests in the hands of our military.