SilverWook said:

Missed the joke by a mile.

An Empire founded before there was even a Rebellion, and killed lots of people in the process of an orchestrated war to create it.

I know that already, they started the clone wars to get to power. That doesn't explain anything about what life was like for imperial citizens. They all seemed pretty happy, very happy, regardless of the unjust methods that their leader came to power with.

There are 2 types of dictatorships and dictators in this world, and here it goes

1-Enlightened Desposts/Benevolent Dictators/Rulers. There is no democracy and one guy has absolute power, but all in all, the citizens of his country are living a nice happy life.

2-Evil genocidal mass-murdering tyrannical harsh dictators and tyrants, and the degree of severity on these kinda dictators can vary.