Democracy was not 'born' overnight.

Democracy was not 'born' overnight. To be sure, it went through many stages of 'political integrity', i.e., 'Individuals Integrating', before it became the best possible 'form of government'. Ancient people did not have 'Government' per se, but they had Myths. Of course, the modern tendency is to hold those belief systems as 'imaginary', 'superstitious', or 'Religious'. To be sure, they were religious in nature, but they 'helped' to keep the People together. That's why, Myths were about 'Gods' and that's why those beliefs held the Peoples in a 'condition of togetherness'. From Myths, the People went to Kingships, i.e., the Divine Right of Kings. Obviously, that system was 'part' Divine, and 'part' secular. That's why the concept of The Divine Right of Kings eventually came up with the concept of the Two Bodies of the King; which, of course led to the statement, "The King is dead, long live the King". From the times of 'Kingship', we slowly went through the Middle Ages, wherein, the 'center of gravity' at the Top, i.e. the authority of the King, slowly began to disintegrate. He could not control all those People. At that point, the concept of the 'Many', and the problematic of the One and the Many, was born. Nevertheless, Authority and Power were conceived as attributes of the Top. The Bottom, or, the Many, at that time, played no part in the act of Governing. Of course, that's how Autocracies were 'born'. There have been many different types of Autocracies. But, slowly, the 'absolute power' at the top also began to disintegrate, and the Individuals, at the Bottom, became more 'vociferous'. Many Centuries passed. Eventually, the People 'realized' that it was 'they', who created Governments, and not Governments who created 'them'. Of course, that constitutes the 'Separation of Church and State'. Democracy, in its present form, was born when the Many, understood, that they 'needed Governing'. But, it had to be a 'Peoples Government'; a Government "of the People", "by the People", and most importantly, "for the People". We cannot live in the Past, we must live in the Present, and we must prepare for the Future.