I'm not arguing for "democracy", I'm arguing for democracy - the extension of popular power, which, I agree, must be preserved through constant action against o

I'm not arguing for "democracy", I'm arguing for democracy - the extension of popular power, which, I agree, must be preserved through constant action against ossification and entrenchment of power (viz. the current American "democracy"). I'm also not arguing for the replacement of autocracy with nothing. Caesar was the product of years of devolution of the Roman Republic, the corruption and decay of its democratic institutions in the face of military power, wealth, and slavery. His removal could not produce democracy merely by its absence. What I find most interesting in this Star Wars argument is this lack of faith in democratic power and the seeming resignation to autocracy that seems to be generally present. These are all things that are happening now, to our own democracy. I find this lack of faith disturbing.