I report and link. You decide. - J :)
From a Town Hall article, Superstitions of Democracy:
Superstitions of Democracy [/] By William F. Buckley [/] Wednesday, April 25, 2007
[...] The disasters in Africa have fed on the hobgoblins of the 20th century, which were that colonialism was inherently oppressive and that democracy was the key to progress and to national and indeed spiritual redemption. An aspect of this terrible superstition is that governments tend to be judged on democratic paradigms. [...] [My ellipses and emphasis]
