| Meanwhile, the Maoists appealed for a united front against feudal autocracy. |
| For a time it seemed that the dynastic cycle might be broken and traditional autocracy could be in the process of transmutation. |
| Second, was liberal democracy or autocracy the future for the governance of mankind's common affairs? |
| It's an anarchic assemblage of petty autocracies with numerous additional charismatic nobles advising the autarchs. |
| Our government and the corporations whose investments it protects have propped up corrupt monarchies and single-party autocracies. |
| There can be and have been intolerant democracies and reasonably tolerant autocracies. |
