I would argue that democracy doesn't work anywhere for one simple reason: democracy produces politicians, not leaders. These politicians are not accountable to anyone and what inevitably happens is that the democratic country turns into a mafia state that's in bed with corporate and globalist interests.

A dictator or king is far more likely to respect their country's traditions and sovereignty than an elected politician who is only ever interested in political theater while lining their own pockets.

Sure, you could argue that you risk getting a tyrant in autocratic systems. But is avoiding the risk of tyrants worth the risk of almost never getting a true leader that cares for their country?

Even then, it's a lot easier to deal with one tyrant than an entire class of politicians and the bureaucrats under them, and you can mitigate the risk of tyranny by using a monarchical system with family succession. The son of the king can be raised to rule the country wisely, you can't do that with a politician.

And like you said, the public is gullible and unwilling to make any hard decisions or sacrifices most of the time. Closing the border is a hard decision but one that must be made and yet we aren't any closer to it being done because a significant number of Westerners object, despite the obvious damage being done by uncontrolled immigration.

I would argue that democracy doesn't work anywhere for one simple reason: democracy produces politicians, not leaders. These politicians are not accountable to anyone and what inevitably happens is that the democratic country turns into a mafia state that's in bed with corporate and globalist interests.

A dictator or king is far more likely to respect their country's traditions and sovereignty than an elected politician who is only ever interested in political theater while lining their own pockets.

Sure, you could argue that you risk getting a tyrant in autocratic systems. But is avoiding the risk of tyrants worth the risk of almost never getting a true leader that cares for their country?

Even then, it's a lot easier to deal with one tyrant than an entire class of politicians and the bureaucrats under them, and you can mitigate the risk of tyranny by using a monarchical system with family succession. The son of the king can be raised to rule the country wisely, you can't do that with a politician.