Consider Tolstoy's statement: “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Suppose we substitute the word 'democracies' for 'families'.

While I was thinking over starting this thread , I had on my television President Biden's first official press conference since his taking office. He just made the statement that the big political battle in the world today was the Autocracies versus the Democracies. From my point of view he hit the nail on the head.

I have long been distressed with what I feel is a global attack on Democracy from above and below. Many countries that were working democracies are no longer such.

Moreover, the United States is not functioning particularly well in this regard either. You can check out where we stand on this worlld population review ranking . Neither the US nor the UK make the top ten.

I think many of the 'strong men' who are ostensibly fronting a democratic nation actually do not believe in the concept.

I think many citizens around the world are trending that way as well.