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They got rid of the king, but got a dictator instead. After he died, his son took over, botched the job, and was replaced by a king again.

France went through something similar. The aftermath of the French Revolution was botched so badly that France got Napoleon.

Russia after the breakup of the USSR, Germany after WWI... You screw up a democracy, you get a dictator.

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Back in Roman times Cicero pointed out that democracy leads to chaos, which leads to tyranny, which leads to monarchy which leads to Aristocracy which leads to democracy.

There seem to be a few democracies sliding increasingly into chaos.

> The aftermath of the French Revolution was botched so badly that France got Napoleon.

That is fascinating choice of "worst thing to happen after French Revolution" thing. The regime after it was serious literal dictatorships, afaik there was no serious attempt for democracy.

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