[TradicalRC]

Our democratic republic isn't the best form of government because it works best, but because it comes closest to recognizing the rights and the dignity of the governed.

You have assumed: a) that people would rather not have a different form of government that works better and b) that the democratic system has come closest to recognizing the rights and dignity of the governed, a point that I could not disagree with more,

Based on this, exporting our form of democracy is a moral imperative.

Yavolt!

[ArGee]

You have assumed: a) that people would rather not have a different form of government that works better

I have actually presumed that if people want to throw away their dignity then we have a responsibility to disallow that.

and b) that the democratic system has come closest to recognizing the rights and dignity of the governed, a point that I could not disagree with more,

Feel free to elaborate. That's what discussions are. Absent a statement of why you disagree I have nothing to defend.

Shalom.