Openly Unpopular Authoritarianism

was often a rare form of government,
at least in recent times,
not least because  it's leaders and spokesmen
(they usually were men)
could not speak without revealing the heavy chip
of neediness and guilt that was on their shoulder.

But if this form of rule has any virtue at all,
it is that the leader's style will offend the many,
sufficient for them to form a mass movement for change.

Thus 'Representative Democracy' -
the people choosing representatives to govern on their behalf
- is provoked to renewal by the very men who dislike it.