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-Since the end of WWII Democracies have sprung up around the world.
-Among the major schools of thought that were around at the beginning of WWII (Facism, Communism, Western Liberalism) it is clear that Western Liberal Democracy has won. The only major force resisten is fundamental Islam.
-Democracies are run by politicians who can seek to build compromise among large groups of individuals. Politicians are in the business of gaining votes and/or public support.
-Alvin Toffler suggested, and common knowledge confirms that there has become a gap between the advancements of technology and the grasp that the common man has over it.
-Politicians are beholden to the common man.
-Todays technology and science then, are only as good as far as it can pursuade the uneducated populous. Otherwise it can have no practical effect in the governments of the majority of the world.
-Long ago, Aristotle suggested that rule should be by the wise. Perhaps he was onto something.
