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As someone from Latin America, non-corrupt democracies are not the norm either. Very few democracies can be considered free of significant corruption.

• miked85 3y ago
  Very true. Checks and balances do help, but the don't solve the issue of corrupt politicians.
• dkersten 3y ago
  Sure. I wasn’t really commenting on pros and cons of any particular system, just that the statement I quoted is true for any system but unrealistic.