Putin's "authoritarianism" vs democracy
Putin has advanced an attack against democracy around the world. He fails to see the flaw in his thinking. The "authoritarian" believes that he knows what is best for the people, and that democracy is flawed, in permitting the people to decide what form of government they might want.
He alone can decide what is best for his country in regards to Ukraine, for example. He governs like a crime boss. He will mete out rewards and punishment as he sees fit.
In a speech before the House of Commons in 1947, Winston Churchill made a speech about "democracy". He said, "It has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time; but there is the broad feeling in our country that the people should rule, and that public opinion expressed by all constitutional means, should shape, guide, and control the actions of Ministers who are their servants and not their masters."
That is the advantage of democracy over authoritarianism, despite all its flaws. Any authoritarian that believes he knows what is best for his people will eventually lose all legitimacy and credibility.
That also, was the flaw in Donald Trump's idea of governing. He believed he alone had the right to overturn the will of the people, the 81 million that voted for Joe Biden, and that his minority was all the legitimacy that he needed. Like Putin, he was very wrong.
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