Would I get downvoted if I said democracy is a mere target a country can only use as it's goal? What I am saying is, there is no truly democratic country. To my

Would I get downvoted if I said democracy is a mere target a country can only use as it's goal? What I am saying is, there is no truly democratic country. To my best knowledge, in every supposed democratic country there are groups or individuals that yield far greater power than the average citizen when it comes to influence over the political process. Imperialism has feudals,communism has party members, totalitarianism has oligarchs (and friends of the leadership) where as democracy has the 1% and their cronies. Corruption is not an ideology but a moral and ethical failure. One can maintain an uncorrupt conscious a character of integrity (when it comes to politics at least) regardless of the system of government. Money,power and a sense of security are all deceptively corrupting vices. Corruption is prevalent in any government that tolerates people who have failed to overcome those vices as politicians and public officials. It's not capitalism or lack of it that is corrupting but rather a society that tolerates what it knows to be vile and filth in exchange for a bigger picture or in pessimistic complacency towards the ruling class.