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[–] MaunaLoona 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I tend to be more cynical. At the end of the 19th century the elites realized democracy was more profitable for them than monarchy or dictatorship. It took them 50 years and two world wars to convert all of Europe to democracy.

Every four or eight years you put someone else in power and let them loot the country for you. Keeps the peasants happy as they get to kick the bums out of office every election cycle.