I'll leave the semantic discussion aside, since English is neither of ours native language. >>Only direct, total democracy leads to peace. Huh? Check the demo

I'll leave the semantic discussion aside, since English is neither of ours native language. >>Only direct, total democracy leads to peace. Huh? Check the democratic peace theory on wikipedia. It says that democracies don't make wars. This "direct" and "total" democracy sounds like a place I'd be careful moving to... The problems with democracies is that foreigners can't vote, the behaviour outside can be as dirty as for a "traditional" country. But the home opinion cares more with more internationalisation, it has gotten much better over 50 years or so. (The Aristide example seems shocking, I thought such US behaviour ended with the cold war.) You present conspiracy theories about the US -- afaik, it isn't US interests where the sea borders around China are. They are not the ones playing the jingoism card.