Democracy works when those participating are both educable and rational. Monarchies, Dictatorships, Oligarchies work if the ones in charge are educable, compas

Democracy works when those participating are both educable and rational. Monarchies, Dictatorships, Oligarchies work if the ones in charge are educable, compassionate, and rational. Democracy wins out a little since the checks and balances of rule by a majority tend to make it a little bit easier to counter the worst excesses of rule by a few. So as a working base it's a good starting point. Republics are even better since they make it possible for rational actors to prevent the worst consequences of demogoguery and mob rule. Nothing is perfect though they all have weaknesses. You can't fix government without fixing people. And that doesn't look likely anytime soon.