Korea: What if we just left?

[Occhidiangela]

In most Western societies, a leader cannot simply change the law upon a whim. It requires a due process, which typically has built into it a series of checks and balances, or a Parliamentary majority requirement, either as a simple majority or a 2/3 or 3/4, depends upon the system. Courts may or not play into that calculus.

In a no fooling autocracy, such limitations are not in fact in place.

I find your comparison of Thatcher and her allies with genuine autocrats to be remarkable.

Note again the important point: acceptance of the rule of law.

Now, does every political machine do its best to present its man, its woman, as "the best possible choice?"

Hell yes, no one wants to lose. It does not require reverence and worship to serve and to lead.

There is also a very fine line between leadership, service, and ruling.