Rhaegar did not have a very fond opinion of his father. It is commonly believed that the tournament where the met and seduced Lyanna was originally organized as an excuse to bring together the lords of Westeros in a great council to depose the Mad King for incompetence and make Rhaegar himself at least the regent if…

Tatooine was not so different under "democracy" because it never was under democracy. It was never part of the Galactic Republic, but was one of the independent planets on the Outer Ring of the galaxy. It was run by organized crime bosses.The Empire had a little bit more influence there, but those same crime lords…