>...Constitutional democracy sucks; it's just much better than any alternative. (I think Churchill said that.)
He said something like that, but he didn't say he originated the thought. In the house of Commons, he once said:
"...Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."
Great point; I agree that I shouldn't have used the word "ideal", because it's not at all ideal. Constitutional democracy sucks; it's just much better than any alternative. (I think Churchill said that.)