You haven&#x27;t given an examples of what you are talking about so I&#x27;m not sure you should switch on the self righteousness just yet.<p>Glamorizing historical figures is ridiculous and if you look at the replies, no one thinks the current system is perfect or even close.  Even so, the amount of decentralization and the relative success of that structure in government was an enormous leap from the state of governments at the time.