Frankly, I think Roth didn't pursue his point far enough. The old dialectic demonstrates that by allowing 'new' democracies to adopt a 'watered down' version of Democracy, we inevitably weaken our own.
Whether these countries become more and more democratic as time goes on is highly debatable. What is evident from recent history and the facts, is western democracies are becoming less democratic.
Witness Beattie's forced amalgamation of shire councils, which was always going to happen, whether of or not we voted, or regardless of the result of the vote.
If we don't start codifying democracy very soon, we will have a corporatised world, where the vote is determinded by the size of our -ever diminishing- real estate (capital) holdings.
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Yes , this parallels our High Court masquerading as justice. Note the Magill High Court decision in which Justice Susan Crennan herself previously produced a child as a result of an affair ( while still living with her then spouse ) The same Judge then feel she is fit to make an non bias decision in FAVOR of Liam Magill's ex wife Meredith Magill ( a woman who bore 2 children to her lover Derek Rowe and passed them off as Liam's children )

The Liam Magill Story - DAYS OF TEMPEST can be downloaded at http://www.leaannacooperseastofeden.com