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I don't really get it, the actual question is:
I don't really know how you can agree with that.
I think if you really experienced democracy you would believe that. Like when would democracy not be preferable?
Ah, in the neolithic era?
I'm only kind of joking. The trouble with statements predicated with "always and under all circumstances" is that they are intended to include all circumstances.
The situations we're most likely to encounter where we want our leaders to be more dictatorial is of course war, where I presume elections may be suspended temporarily.
In the case of a global disaster like a solar flare or meteor strike democracy probably wouldn't be preferable.
Another issue is that what is preferable is subjective. So if a majority wants to implement a fascist policy persecuting a minority, then obviously democracy is not preferable for that minority.
Yeah that's a really broad statement. You just need one case where democracy is not preferred, and the whole statement is false. Democracy is not preferred when the majority wants to do evils.