That's a false dichotomy
You can have a country that's not confused about it's place in the world and without one half of the population wanting to kill the other half and still have freedom of expression and democracy.
You can have a country that's not confused about it's place in the world and without one half of the population wanting to kill the other half and still have freedom of expression and democracy.
I agree.
I doubt however that a tyrannical dictatorship is necessary to achieve that. There are plenty of examples where people have agreed on a common narrative without an oppressive regime.