Dr. Marcel Dirsus

There's no Western leader that I would call a tyrant or that I would call a dictator, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't want to be one. And democracy is not God-given. So it could be that in the future, we see a European country or a North American country turning into a dictatorship. I try to end the book sort of on a positive note, but I do actually also think it's true.

There's no Western leader that I would call a tyrant or that I would call a dictator, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they don't want to be one. And democracy is not God-given. So it could be that in the future, we see a European country or a North American country turning into a dictatorship. I try to end the book sort of on a positive note, but I do actually also think it's true.

Obviously, all of us are bad with uncertainty. And obviously, sometimes things can look terribly. But oftentimes, I think that doesn't necessarily mean that they actually are bad. If you think about revolutions in the past, oftentimes they were atrocious, right? I mean, you had civil wars, people getting killed, executed guillotine and all that. And now we look back and we think, oh, you know what?

Obviously, all of us are bad with uncertainty. And obviously, sometimes things can look terribly. But oftentimes, I think that doesn't necessarily mean that they actually are bad. If you think about revolutions in the past, oftentimes they were atrocious, right? I mean, you had civil wars, people getting killed, executed guillotine and all that. And now we look back and we think, oh, you know what?

Obviously, all of us are bad with uncertainty. And obviously, sometimes things can look terribly. But oftentimes, I think that doesn't necessarily mean that they actually are bad. If you think about revolutions in the past, oftentimes they were atrocious, right? I mean, you had civil wars, people getting killed, executed guillotine and all that. And now we look back and we think, oh, you know what?

That was a key moment on the path towards French democracy, for example. And I think we might also look at the Arab Spring in 50 years or look at Assad in 50 years and say, yeah, that was absolutely awful. But actually, that was a key on the path towards this Syrian democracy or Tunisian democracy or whatever, right? So I don't know.

That was a key moment on the path towards French democracy, for example. And I think we might also look at the Arab Spring in 50 years or look at Assad in 50 years and say, yeah, that was absolutely awful. But actually, that was a key on the path towards this Syrian democracy or Tunisian democracy or whatever, right? So I don't know.

That was a key moment on the path towards French democracy, for example. And I think we might also look at the Arab Spring in 50 years or look at Assad in 50 years and say, yeah, that was absolutely awful. But actually, that was a key on the path towards this Syrian democracy or Tunisian democracy or whatever, right? So I don't know.

I mean, I try to stay positive, but yeah, sometimes it's not the most cheerful of topics. Let me put it that way.

I mean, I try to stay positive, but yeah, sometimes it's not the most cheerful of topics. Let me put it that way.

I mean, I try to stay positive, but yeah, sometimes it's not the most cheerful of topics. Let me put it that way.