[Cronos]

The thing that you continue to fail to realize is that democracy is a fine system of government for countries that already have a middle-class

More commie propaganda. By your definition democracy should not have worked in 18th century America or 19th century Europe. Don't spout any more commie propaganda stating that the people need a Glorious leader to rule like in China or in N Korea.

[taiwansemi]

Cronos wrote: "More commie propaganda. By your definition democracy should not have worked in 18th century America or 19th century Europe. Don't spout any more commie propaganda stating that the people need a Glorious leader to rule like in China or in N Korea."

By the start of the 18th century, both America and Europe had large middle-class population. I suggest you actually read your old high school history book. These middle-classes came about as a result of the Industrial Revolution and were called the "bourgeoisie." It wasn's peasants who led the American and French Revolutions, introducing modern democracy, but the bourgeoisie/middle-classes. Did you even know that half the signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence were in the business of international trade, i.e. middle-men? And America's biggest complaint with England was excessive, burdensome taxation: "No taxation without representation!" It's not poor peasants who don't have money to tax to begin with that are worried about over-taxation. It's people who have money that can be taxed--i.e., middle-classes--that started Revolutions in America and Europe to escape the burden of taxes!