What's your point Robo - I said "some"?
You may not but I'm sure your idea of a "stable democracy" would include many that are not
You were advocating not so long ago for a "stable Democracy" that is in the process of erhnic cleansing cultural undesirables
Your view of the Soviet Union is a mixture of Len Deighton, The Manchurian Candidate and Joe McCarthy, giving the impression that an entire population of getting on for 300 million people allowed themselves to be enslaved and oppressed by security men and politicians - more to do with schoolboy comic-books than reality
As Steve said, America is rapidly becoming the most unstable and dangerous power on the planet
Parliamentary Democracy in Britain is becoming more of a con-trick by the day - they promise - we vote them in - they ignore everything they promised for five year - and so on ad-infinitum   
DEmocracy is now in meltdown, Governments like ours buy support from whoever they can
Russia and Israel have shown how national independence can be breached with their examples of active interference in the policies of other States
I can't remember when any of us went to the polls with the belief that what we were being promised had any basis in reality
I'm nott an Anarchist but I have always had a soft spot for their slogan - DON'T VOTE FOR ANY OF THEM - IT ONLY ENCOURAGES THEM
What is happening in countries that are seeing a rise in the fotri#tunes of the ne-Nazis is a gradual progression from what is happening here

A couple of years ago I would have laughed if somebody had told me someone like Trump would beccome the most powerful leader in the world - now I'm not sure that he won't win another term

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Wouldn't bother too much Rag - it's a 'survey' from a multi-million stock-exchange marketed company named You-gov with Conservative Party connections whose surveys are all carried out on the internet
Jim Carroll