I appreciate your honesty. A key highlight in your post is the phrase- "But he gets things done."

I live in India, and if there is one thing that could be said by supporters of Narendra Modi, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Duterte it is this- "But he gets things done."

I see this as a globally growing phenomenon- people are so sick of the old guard and politician-robbers of the past few decades that they are willing to vote into power men who give less respect for democracy, constitutional checks of power, and due process in the name of getting things done.

I have neither agreement nor disagreement to offer here, I am only thinking aloud. I fear for the future of democracy when people are increasingly okay with giving up their privacy and civil liberties just as long as the man in charge gets things done. What worries me is what will happen when the gun is trained towards me? In Philippines for example, while your crack meth epidemic was exploding and definitely needed drastic measures, is it okay for the marijuana smokers to be caught in the net as well? In India, we recently went through a process called 'demonetisation' where currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 were deemed invalid overnight. This was done, initially, in the name of curbing black money and corruption. Is it okay for the cash I have in my hand, earned honestly, to suddenly be deemed invalid by the State, just as long as it fixes corruption? It does not actually, but I am still thinking aloud.