They haven't grown up under Communism or some other despotic regime.

"yet again, the Chinese are happy to deal with a despotic regime without consequence."

The start of this revolution has astonished the despotic regimes of the region.

Modern national borders have parceled out their mountain homelands to some of the world's most despotic regimes.

Even in the most despotic regimes in Earth's history, power had been more diffuse than that.

Even the people wanted this (expecting some sort of break from the 50 year old despotic regime).

As such, he was the main support to his despotic regime.

She had had some experience with a despotic regime.

Some of the world's most despotic regimes use similar logic to save their citizenry the trouble of having to vote at all.

Attempts by the West to enforce a rapid democratisation of despotic regimes in the world have failed.