Yes, of course. The point I was trying to make is that even though political dynasties have also existed in the West, the intellectual tradition of free thought and the constant questioning of the status quo sets it apart from all other world civilizations.
And a pure democracy would indeed result in unmitigated disaster. I am always shocked by the number of people who still think America is a democracy, when the very first lesson I was taught in my high school government class was that it was a constitutional republic. People must have either slept through that class or had really bad teachers!
Yes, of course. The point I was trying to make is that even though political dynasties have also existed in the West, the intellectual tradition of free thought and the constant questioning of the status quo sets it apart from all other world civilizations.
And a pure democracy would indeed result in unmitigated disaster. I am always shocked by the number of people who still think America is a democracy, when the very first lesson I was taught in my high school government class was that it was a constitutional republic. People must have either slept through that class or had really bad teachers!