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Dictators have a much better record than you give them credit for. Even when they don't maintain supreme authority indefinitely, they often secure control for multiple generations. And when they finally exit their post, it's routinely with their pockets stuffed full of cash. Occasionally, they just stick around as ultra-wealthy landlords that the country venerates purely out of a sense of tradition.
Yep, half of Spain still venerates Franco. A man who should have been dragged outside and shot.