Actually yes, with the support of the majority. Zimbabwe is in it's current situation because Robert Mugabe started a land grab of the minority white farmers' land and promising to redistribute it to the black majority. This was extended to all major businesses afterwards requiring 51% ownership should be handed freely to locals. This was applauded by the masses, until it all came apart.
i was born in the USSR. People have government they want to (except when forced upon by a foreign power). Dictatorships are the people, and the people do all these things. Dictatorships simply fall apart when they loose real support of their people.
I disagree. Dictatorships aren't about single dictators, they're about institutions that lead to the rise of dictatorships. For example in Egypt, Mubarak is gone, but there is another general in place and nothing has changed. Institutions take generations to topple, and not just a season a la the Arab Spring.
