Will the Antichrist rule through a seeming democracy or as an absolute leader?

Les explains that Revelation uses the same language as Daniel: ten horns, a bestial government, and the totalitarian exercise of power like Nebuchadnezzar. He compares the Antichrist's rise to the old bear, the Medes and Persians, the swiftness and tenacity of Alexander the Great's leopard empire, and the residue of the ancient Roman Empire. Although there is a seeming democracy behind it, he himself will be absolute. The whole thing is coming together, and the closer we come, the more accurate this book proves.