The problem with democracy is that incompetent people are in majority. Poor people are in majority. (Am I offending anyone?). Democracy is rarely a democracy and often becomes a dictatorship of majority. Incompetent people tend to elect incompetent leaders. Then they get angry and without any understanding of what went wrong they try get rid of them and elect another incompetent leader. Examples? Some Toronto Mayors seem to confirm this conclusion. There should be some institutionally set filters in place. Perhaps we could improve the system by setting up minimum education level requirement before one can vote or run in an election. And, before one could qualify for running in a higher level election they would need to show some experience in being reelected at a lower level.