Why dictatorship is good?

Answer 1

Dictator was a Roman appointment. In Rome, a dictator was appointed when the annual consular elections failed or there was a major military crisis. The term was for six months to resolve the crisis. Julius Caesar brought out the knives when he made himself doctator for life to impose order on the broken electoral system. Opposents simply shortened his life to end the Dictatorship. His successor Agustus avoided this trap by more subtle controls.

In other places similar offices existed. In the Greek world, the word was Tyrant. A tyrant arose when there was a political problem - usually the middle and lower classes sick of being ruled by an unscrupulous aristocracy and retaliating by supporting a leader who would govern for the general good. Tyrants got a bad name because, although populist, they would levy taxes to support the bodyguard they needed to impose rule and protect themselves from aristocrats wanting power back.

The word Dictator today has an ugly connotation as a result of the murderous excesses of such as Hitler, Stalin, Mao Ze Dung, Duvalier, Mugabe etc etc.

Answer 2

Well, a dictatorship can be good if you're in a helpless country who needs someone to follow. As long as they arent abused.