And just how is ABSOLUTIST TYRANNY supposed make ammends for all the affor-mentioned "exibits"? Steps backwards will not lead us forward. ALL the corrections needed in our political scenario will have absolutely no teeth WHATSOEVER unless they are mandated by the PEOPLE. How do you assess/access peoples mandate? DEMOCRACY! Therefore, corrections (like getting rid of the currupt INDIVIDUALS) can never be a precondition to democracy. It should be the other way around: Freewill of the people is the utmost precondition to ANY rectifications that the society may desire. This will ensure that much-needed changes/reforms will come from the people, by the people, and, therefore, for the PEOPLE.