Dismantle many democracies in your time? Then not that similar.

Looks like he was a script-kiddie, at most he dismantled some game-cheating sites. Maybe he used back-orifice to open someone's cd drive for the lolz.

(This assumes he wasn't just making it up)

Sounds a very familiar background.

His support of a horrendous reigime today is unrelated to his actions in his youth.

Democracy = spending tax dollars