Thoughts on Democracy

 As someone who lives and breathes sci-fi, I spend a lot of time thinking about political theory; how would you run a Galactic Empire? What would a utopian Federation actually look like? How would you explain democracy to someone from, say, Westeros, or Katolis, or Pharaonic Egypt, or Sengoku-era Japan? I think I've come to realize something about democracy.

Democracy is like a table, built to stand on four legs: Education, a Free Media, Infrastructure, and the Rule of Law. Without one of those legs, the table wobbles. Without two, it will collapse.