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Which do you prefer, democracy or dictatorship?
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Dictatorship by a wide margin. Why should the parliament squabble over a law for months, possibly years, when under a dictatorship said law could be enacted instantly? Also with democracy every politician just thinks about getting elected, not the actual long-term needs of the country.
The squabbling process moves the law toward meeting the needs of more people. If a dictator just gets to decide what the law is, they'll likely be self-serving to the dictator, or even outright harmful to entire categories of people.
Are there data on this?
You're making a causal claim (if squabbling, then more needs met) and that's either empirically true or not.
According to election theory, a dictatorship is the only perfectly fair voting system: the only voter wins the vote, every time.