> how flimsy our systems and safeguards are Democracy is the best of a set of troubled types of social order. Elected politicians, for better or for worse, ar

> how flimsy our systems and safeguards are Democracy is the best of a set of troubled types of social order. Elected politicians, for better or for worse, are indeed a representation of the people. Democracy is as flimsy as the citizenry's understanding of and commitment to education, civic duty, and justice.