He also criticized the massive presence of American military and intelligence in Greece, and sought to remove senior officers with anti-democratic tendencies from the Greek military.
Even then it was clear that Aristide had anti-democratic tendencies, that he believed less in representative government than in himself as the direct voice of the people.
He complained in the House of Representatives and his articles in the anti-liberal and anti-democratic tendencies of his time.
The United States has in the past encouraged Mr. Yeltsin in his authoritarian and anti-democratic tendencies.
However, those like Reagan who praise Winthrop fail to note his strident anti-democratic political tendencies.
He joined the AKP (Justice and Development Party) upon his objection to anti-democratic tendencies emerging prior to the elections in 2007.
This philosophy of 'the lesser of two evils' undermines democracy and justifies and feeds anti-democratic tendencies.
It seems that aid is granted partly in order avoid dangerous anti-democratic tendencies.
A few days ago, the Russian human rights activist and Duma member Kovaliev expressed his concern about the anti-democratic tendencies which still exist in his country.
Couple that with its markedly anti-democratic tendencies and one might begin to wonder if there are not better alternatives in e.g. Quakerism for models for running our affairs.