... about government.

Forgive me if I seem a bit off, I've been very sick lately and working very hard.

I've been studying the US government for quite a while now while at the same time researching and writing stories about ancient civilizations. Worldbuilding has become somewhat of a hobby of mine of late and it's led be to an interesting conclusion.

There are some pretty good things about dictatorships.

(I know you're shocked but here me out, this will end differently than you might think.)
Don't get me wrong, democracy is cool too. Rights and freedoms being protected by a thick wall of laws that even the government cannot (supposedly) surpass are awesome, but a wise man once told me that the thing that democracies to the best is get nothing accomplished. We become so tied up in red tape that we can't get ANYTHING done to try to advance ourselves as a people. Having a democracy also means that the laws are subject to the votes of the stupid, the ignorant, the prejudiced and the evil people among us, meaning that we will only really ever be slightly better than our lowest common denominator.
Dictatorships, on the other hand, don't have to mess with all of that. No fussing about with opinion polls, no being forced to listen to the inane prattle of racist hillbillies. Things can get DONE.
We do, however, trade freedom for efficiency. They say that despots keep the trains running on time.
perhaps I'm just getting fed up with how hands-off my hands-on government is seeming lately. Nice, normal, decent folk are too busy trying to put food on the table so our laws rest largely in the hands of the absurdly wealthy and the zealous fanatics, the two people I trust the least.
I've come to the conclusion that the only way to have a perfect government is to have a truly benevolent dictatorship. The dictator would have to understand everything, know everything, care about everyone and know how to get things done with an absolute mindfulness towards helping everyone.
In short, we'd need a god. No one mortal cold embody these things, and since no god is coming down to do it (and theocracies are led by men who speak for god but not the god itself), we can never have a perfect government.
So what? So we cant be perfect, what else is new?
The only thing to do is the only thing we can, try our best. Try to be reasonable. Try to be loving. Understand that we may be wrong and work to make it right. Look out for one anothers rights and choices, even if we don't necessarily agree with them. Exercise some moral and political courage.
That's all anyone can ask.