Over the last few years there has been a lot of apologism for dictatorial forms of government.
Monarchism, Emperors, etc.
They’re still just tin pot dictators at the end of the day, even if they “did a relatively good job” and killed less people than other dictators that came before or after them.
We’re Americans - apologies for tyranny should not be as seductive as they’ve become. We’re free people. Dictatorships are beneath us.
This isn’t an apology for dictatorship.