I agree with that. At least in a democracy we're able to whinge about the imperfections of the system more or less freely (you do have to watch your back occasionally so as not to attract the hate-mongers these days). The conversation should be about how we can improve what we've got. We laud free speech, a free press, unregulated institutions such as banks and the "blind workings of the free market," but we forget how these things, too often riddled and shackled by self-interest, work against democracy.