Can Democracy really survive in this new modern age of space?

Its a question that's been asked by leaders and philosophers time and time again yet no one really holds the true answer only the outcome of the Earth-Mars war will really answer that question.

It is the year 3000 and The democratic alliance of Earth have been at war with its former colony of Mars for the last decade. Mars had been a former colony of Earth since the late 2000s and had been a thriving colony. The people of Mars began to resent Earth however, they resented the fact they had to pay high tax and they began to resent Democracy which they saw as week and corrupt. After breaking away they embraced Dictatorship. Some would see Dictatorship as a better system, its more stable and doesn't suffer from infighting.

But for every good Dictator there's 10 bad ones and even when a good dictator dies who will replace him? A dangerous question like this often leads to civil wars.

SO we find ourselves in the middle of the conflict which has claimed millions of lives.