Democracy, with diverse perceptions, does not have a universally accepted definition. However, it may have become a universally accepted system of government under which most international corporations prefer to operate. Larry Diamond (author of “The Spirit of Democracy”) agrees with this trend when he asks why democracy has not expanded globally. Although a snowball effect is indeed occurring, allowing sparks of liberal ideas to translate into democratic movements giving way to the third democratic wave, this system is still limited to two-thirds of the planet. To truly understand the limited growth of democracy, we must first uncover the internal factors that drive autocratic regimes and their democratic transitions. Autocratic regimes can seem impervious as a country. However, they are indeed sensible as a political system of government. The main reason autocracies exist is because people submit to the authority of a leader in the hopes that he or she will stabilize the economic, social, and political infrastructure of the country. Since citizens must choose between their freedom or the welfare of the state, they face what is called an intrinsic dilemma. However, if the dictator fails to satisfy his desires, the regime exposes his illegitimacy and the people realize that he is disposable. Under these conditions, the people believe that maintaining their regime would be arbitrary. Thus, citizens are trying to reform the country's constitution with democratic ideals. For example, as African autocracies failed to bring economic and governmental reforms to their people, they became aware of the illegitimacy of bureaucratic systems. Thus, some countries have begun the transition to democracy through the will of the people. This shows that it is an autocracy... middle of paper ......e whose only alternative is to replace its system of government to avoid further persecution. As Diamond also illustrates, "...the public is coming to place a greater value on political freedom and civil liberties - in and for themselves - more and more people are speaking out, demonstrate and organize, starting with the denunciation of human rights violations. » (Diamond 103). These movements, which show signs of liberal values, are all that is needed for the democratic transition to begin. Thus proving that it is not public consciousness, resulting from education, which is always the cause of these transitions, but rather the fear of loss, which obliges the dictator to maintain this shift of power within his government . Although both revolutions, whether related to education or brutal oppression, were caused by economic development, Diamond does not connect public oppression to the cause of this financial prosperity..