Would you be willing to live under a dictatorship/authortiarian government if?

A benevolent dictatorship is better than a democracy, yes.

But it's not something achievable

Of course it doesn't work in practice, hence why you'll see me say in my second post that a democracy is the only option that can work.

My point is that if in a hypothetical situation by some miracle, such a dictatorship that did perfectly work and give everyone what they wanted then I'd support it. I never tried to say its achievable

But thats of nonsense. If we're making miracle hypothetical situations then literally anything is going to be better than reality isn't it? How about we make up a miracle hypothetical government of pigeons? Your point is completely redundant.

This whole thread is a hypothetical situation and is redundant jesus. Yes, this thread is on the same level as "Would you live in a government of pigeons if...", and no one is trying to say it isn't. Is that a problem?

Just because something isn't possible doesn't mean it can't be fun to talk about the hypothetical possibilities

Well thats where we disagree. The OP was asking if we could live under an authoritarian dictatorship, that is not a wild hypothetical because people actually do live under authoritarian regimes. The post is an interesting question, it was not "please describe a random hypothetical political scenario". Sorry.

Well then by definition it's not "benevolent" lol.

By benevolent I meant one that is good in every conceivable way

... I don't mind some authoritarianism

...if your quality of life significantly improved, as well as other things like a strong economy etc.

I'm not saying I support anything, I'm just getting people's opinions. Democracy has its limits and these limits are evident with the Brexit problem.

Those are arguments to amend the franchise, not embrace tyranny.

I am reminded of Star Wars Episode 3 in your views.. 'So this is how liberty dies, to thunderous applause'.

There is no dictatorship in the history of the world where peoples' quality of life has improved versus people not under dictatorship.

Everybody living under a dictatorship loves that dictator. Any other sentiment apart from this one is punishable by imprisonment and torture.

The PRC and USSR would stand in opposition to that claim

The PRC and USSR would stand in opposition to that claim

Living standards got better in the USSR and PRC? Support your statement by evidence. The PRC admittedly have improved in QoL since the 1970s but that's when they took up a free market economy, or in the euphemism 'socialism with Chinese characteristics.' But I dont think the USSR counts as a dictatorship anyway, apart from under Stalin and China under Zedong and now under what's his name.

Anyone with even a basic grasp of history knows that living standards in the USSR and the PRC improved dramatically from their pre revolutionary days.
On a broader note though, most dictatorships do improve the quality of life for their citizens, if only marginally, hence why theyre able to stay in power for so long. It is only when they fail to keep up their end of the, i use this phrase loosely, 'social contract' that they tend to get strung up from the nearest lamppost. As examples please see all of the Middle East and most other dictatorships. With that being said of course it isnt a hard rule though when we look at cases like the DPRK although in fairness to that place living standards are creeping up, if only marginally.
True say on the latter comment though.