The fundamental difference between authoritarian systems and democracies is that one is a one-time game and the other is a repeatable game. The following is what Liu Yu has to say in his book The Art of Possibility:
The distribution of power under authoritarian systems is often a one-time event, with a one-time gain and a long-term victory.
And democratic politics as a kind of"Repeatable game"Theoretically, you don't have to live or die.
But the problem is that, because of the cultural heritage of authoritarian regimes, many political forces in countries in transition are stunned by one or the other"Repeatable gameplay"It's done"One-time game"。I won this time?Great, I have to transform the fruits of this victory into permanent ones, this is what Yuan Shikai did. I lost this time?No way, it's not true, I want a second revolution. This is how the Kuomintang did it.
So, one could have been"Feng Shui takes turns"story, turned into one again"You live or die"story. The process of democratic collapse in many developing countries today, such as Turkey, Brazil, Venezuela, etc., is often similar in logic despite the different details, and they often have their own Wai Shikai and the Kuomintang, and their own derailed Xinhai Revolution.