Democracy has made much of the world better, both in terms of economic freedoms and human rights. Democracy has spread all across Europe. With the tenacity of the US cold warriors, democracy has spread to the former Communist bloc. Democracy is spreading in Africa, South America, East and South Asia. It is precisely those areas of the world where it has not taken root, i.e, the Moslem world and China, that are the most disturbing or potentially disturbing to the peace of the world. And having an authoritarian government is no assurance that evils like abortion or homosexual marriage will not be enacted into law.
"Democracy has made much of the world better, both in terms of economic freedoms and human rights."
It is precisely because of the forced imposition of so called "democracy" upon formerly Christian, monarchial Europe that we have had nothing but war and blood bath across the globe over the last century.
In regard to Africa, one would have to be living in an ivory tower to say that the "freed" colonies have ecomomic freedom and human rights. they have not known peace in nearly 50 years, due to so called "democracy"
Or shall we talk about that great bastion of democracy, with all of its blooming flowers of peace, justice, prosperity, and human rights......in South and Central America????????? With great help (overt and covert)their peoples were "freed" from the tyranny of monarchies, and repeatedly, brutally subjected to "democratice" leaders,. imposed by the US......complete with torture chambers for those who dissented from the great freedoms of "democracy".
Or we could speak of Iraq - where we are suprememly determined to impose "democracy" upon the people of that land - if we have to kill half of them to accomplish it!
How dare they have the effrontery to resist? Shame upon them for being so bold as to not accept our US style "democracy"........imposed with all the gentility of strappado!!!!!