Democracy, as it is presently being practiced in the western world...IS overrated as a matter of fact, way overrated, because it's mostly a phony, money-dominated scam by corporate-controlled parties that betray the people who vote for them.

REAL democracy, however, would be a very good idea. For that I think one would need some very major reforms in things like campaign financing, for one. And it would help if the present political parties were dismantled entirely and replaced by something much more democratic than they will ever be. I wonder when we'll ever get to try it...real democracy?

Mother Russia is Mother Russia, Jack. She will not die...no more than America will die. No more than China will die. No more than France will die. There are some things you cannot kill.