The myth of democracy

How many countries are really democratic? Not many, I would say. Apart from western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Canada the rest are more or less autocratic.  Notice that I have not included the United States among the democracies. The reason for that should be obvious to anyone who has some interest in politics but let's mention a few things about that country: if you are not loaded with money, don't belong to one of the two parties (Republicans or Democrats), have no major TV station to back you up, your policies run counter to the big corporations, are not married, aren't religious and don't support Israel, you have absolutely no hope of entering the white house or the congress. aziz anom