Seems the world trend at the moment is falling back to authoritarian leadership.    Things happen for a reason, maybe we've got to take a look at just what Democracy does well, or does badly.     

I will throw out an idea.  When democracy turns to populism, rational choices for complex problems, turns to popularity contest with dumbed down partisan ideology.

We get a lot of dolts in Congress by way of a nice smile, a fluffy campaign promise, identity politics, personal wealth, campaign fund size,  .......  It's prom elections for gown ups.

 IMO Partisanship has become the enemy of democracy.    When so many appointments, from staff to chairmanship of key congressional committee's are strictly the choice of the majority party, we lose rational decision making in favor of partisan  support without informed consent by anybody but Party leadership.**    

*Do people know that the Speaker of the House does not have to be an elected representative or, a member of The Party