This reminds me of something I read once that rang true.

"As a parent,if I tried to run mry family as a democracy, I would be eaten alive"

That's the trouble with the non cohesive society we now have in Australia.
The government in trying to pander to all the different interest groups, is pulled in
Too many directions for good governance.

It is said that a benign dictatorship is the best form of governance.

That is like a father figure who has the best interests of the society at heart
And will stand his ground against the baying hounds, in the best interests of the society as a whole.

The politician I see most in the world who is closest to that ideal is Vladimer Putin.

He puts the interests of Russia and the Russian people first.