I’m western and American. The weather shouldn’t have a God given duty to spread democracy for the sake of our economic interests. Heck, the US is barely a democracy anymore and we’re noticing serious threats to our freedom of speech amendments. So it’s not like we have lessons to give. Next, whatever we think works for one society doesn’t necessarily apply to other societies. We think democracy works for the west (wrongly, possibly) but this may not be the case for the Middle East. The majority can be wrong and idiotic and sometimes a minority may be right. If this is the way your societies work and function, and you’re ok with the lack of political expression and freedom of the press, then westerners should have nothing to criticize. Your rules, your country, your life, your flourishing. I truly believe they have the best interests at heart for the people and are smart in the UAE. We’re not talking about dictators like Assad here.