Ancient Greeks would disagree. And there's that whole slavery bit, and genocide (did we forget about the Indians already?). And the selective morality of when t

Ancient Greeks would disagree. And there's that whole slavery bit, and genocide (did we forget about the Indians already?). And the selective morality of when to choose to go into a conflict. And the whole quasi-imperialist overseas territories bit that democracies enjoy. It's cultural values that prevent war, not politics. Democracy is a machine for warfare if the people (or its leaders) like war.