(August 13, 2014 at 11:16 pm)Polaris Wrote:(August 13, 2014 at 6:25 am)Zen Badger Wrote: The pope is elected by a select group of cardinals and the divine right of kings to govern is usually earned through conquest and the connivence of the religious hierarchy. So again they fit the classic definition of dictators.
Anything else?
The definition of dictator (maybe expanded depending on your dictionary you use...mine places an emphasis on a lack of hereditary secession being a trait of a dictatorship) actually omits those.
So if they aren't dictators, what are they?
If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.