I can respect that.  

My bigger concern about a dictatorship has to do with our fear of and reaction to terrorism.  We seem to be willing to give up our rights in the name of safety and security, just look at the patriot act and some of the stuff buried in the national defense authorization acts.  We are going to give up our constitutional freedoms in the name of being kept safe, way before we give up the 1st Amendment.  Look at out frankly insane reaction to 9/11, what happens the next time?  Eventually, there will be another one, it is a numbers game.  Our people have to get it right 100% of the time, the bad guys only have to get lucky, once.