Democracy is, as far as I am concerned, a farce. However, I need to qualify: I live in South Africa. We have a democratically elected government, but oh, so corrupt. The majority of voters in our country are uneducated, rural people. Many of them have never learned to read or write. These people are being intimidated to vote for the "right" party. After the first "free and fair" election that we had after apartheid, the ANC came into power, based on wild and wonderful promises. Almost immediately, corruption set in. (I am not claiming that the previous regime was without corruption - where there are politics, there is corruption.) However, this new ANC corruption was different. I will not go into the details - you can read about that in countless headlines in the news. However, now we are living with the phenomenon of "State Capture", with our president, Jacob Zuma, and the notorious and very powerful Guptas as the main roleplayers. Still, the "great unwashed" stands by their government.

Conclusion: democracy can only work if every voter can make an educated vote, and where there is no intimidation involved beforehand.