Answer:
What arguments could be made for removing the dictator?
Arguments for removing the dictator are: allowing the country to establish a democracy. Helping out or improving the situation of those demographic groups that were oppressed by the dictator. Another argument is simply punishing the dictator for his crimes.
What arguments could be made for keeping the dictator in power?
The main argument for keeping the dictator is to ensure the stability of the country, even if such stability is unfair at many times, and comes along with the oppresion of certain social and political groups.
Another argument is simply to prevent the country from getting worse.
A final argument is pragmatic: keeping the dictator in power might serve everyone's interests better. Democratic countries have frequently established ties with authoritarian governments.
What's the context?
The industrial revolution
Even further back...
The agricultural revolution
Trade?
Communication?
Travel?
Exploration?
Some people say its an accident but i could be wrong try google
Migrants from China came in large numbers to participate in the gold rush.