People working in politics, in my experience, usually understand the strengths and weaknesses of democracy quite well.  If they don&#x27;t, and just have an idealistic view of a utopian version of democracy, then they&#x27;re likely to fail and quickly get pushed out.<p>So, is the politicking of democracy perfect? No.  But the view that democracy is fundamentally broken misses the good aspects that it can and does provide, and seems like naive radicalism.