“Western democracy” has become an oxymoron?

Mongol warriors greatly valued their democratic right to elect their leaders, like Chingizz Khan.

But not a single warrior thought he was, therefore, living in a democracy. The Khan was an elected, absolute leader.

So are Western leaders. Lincoln’s Secretary of State, William Henry Seward: “We elect a king for four years and give him absolute power within certain limits which, after all, he can interpret for himself”.

Proof of this seems hardly necessary, but sociologists Gilens and Page dug into 70 years of stats and concluded: 'The central point of our research is that economic elites and organized business interests have substantial independent impacts on US government policy, while mass-based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence'.

Modern American presidents have executive powers that even the Great Khan would envy.

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