Serious question: Why would a billionaire ever favor autocracy? They would only lose power to a dictator. What’s in it for them? The only answer that makes sense to me is they’ve done something so insanely bad there is Kompromat. Otherwise they’d just buy what they wanted in a system ready-made for them.
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@CardboardRobot consider that a billionaire has the resources not to really care about practical outcomes. They will be fine no matter what happens.
So sure, they might think, favor the autocrat. It might be interesting, and worst case scenario they will almost definitely personally be okay.
This is just one answer to your question I'm throwing out there. Another answer is that the billionaire might honestly believe the autocrat knows what's best and will be able to manage things effectively.
