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Do you have any evidence for that ? In my experience, it all depends on the dictator, not on the venue.
It's easier to leave a forum than a country. Forum-dictators who abuse their power end up with empty forums.
Real world dictators who abuse their power often end up dead. (But perhaps not as much as real world dictators who do not abuse their power enough to secure it.)
Not as often as you seem to think.
Perhaps I misunderstood what ArisKatsaris was saying. I thought he meant something like this:
If this is true, your objection is somewhat tangential to the topic (though an empty forum is less desirable than an active one). But perhaps he meant something else ?
Since it's easier to leave, a dictator in a forum has more motivation not to abuse his power.