True but it also suggested that democracy cannot work in these countries at all.
how democracy could work in countries like that? You will always descend to things like Modi
To which I replied that it is not trying to institute democracy that causes this, but rather supporting dictatorships and anti-democratic actors, which is what western powers have been doing.
But good to know there is little we disagree about on this topic besides phrasing and perhaps our degree of optimism about the democratic process, or lack thereof.