<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishIlikuwa kama mpira kwenye mteremko wa mwisho, ilikuwa lazima kugeuka upande mmoja wa kilima na kuanguka katika demokrasia, au kugeuka upande mwingine na kugeuka katika despotism ya ibada ya utu wa mtawala wa ndani.  <response>: It sat like a ball on a Ultimately, it had to roll down one side of the hill and collapse into democracy, or roll the other way and devolve into the personality-cult despotism of a local tyrant. 