# Why does the West have such a hardon for democracy?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 22, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-west-have-such-a-hardon-for-democracy/568601 "2011-01-22T21:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![AshenLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@AshenLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshenLady)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-the-west-have-such-a-hardon-for-democracy/568601/101 "2011-02-04T23:07:58Z")

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Because it’s the lesser of all the evils, and anarchy isn’t much of an option.

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