Not all countries must adopt to modern day democracy

Now to clarify, i do believe that some nations are fit to adopt modern day democracy hence my title being that not all countries must adopt to modern day democracy but i still firmly believe that the majority are not. To also clarify by what i mean by intelligence. In my opinion intelligence is represented through logical thinking and understanding i'll use examples to prove my point, Firstly the US as it is synonymous with modern day democracy nowadays Although the US has a lot to brag about hen it comes to technological achievement it still leaves more to be desired, you've stated that "The electorate of 1968 was possibly the best educated generation of voters in American history and nevertheless the majority voted according to their positions on Civil Rights and the Vietnam War, electing a notoriously unreliable Richard Nixon". I believe that this particular instance helps prove my point, just because someone is deemed educated by an institution doesn't necessarily mean they're smart to elect a reliable leader, when it comes to the US its obvious that the media decides who the president should be and not the people. If the people truly made the effort to educate themselves politically or to use their mind logically , Ron Paul would've received much more attention. Unfortunately people are just not politically aware to form know what's best for them. Look at Toronto, Canada. Rob Ford is a walking joke yet he was elected in. Another example can be seen in Egypt, their revolution was lauded as a "great step for democracy" and what happened? They elected a Muslim brotherhood leader who was not fit to be president but due to the lack of intelligence, especially in the rural areas and also susceptibility to vote buying. they voted in the wrong guy . Same can be seen in Thailand, South Africa , Nigeria, Malaysia and the list goes on. Furthermore, the points you bring up are valid but some mentioned can be easily countered. NO GUARANTEES of LIBERTY- the recent NSA leaks indicates a clear infringement on peoples liberty. The ousted president of Egypt tried to infringe on peoples liberty democratically as did Hitler. As for freedom of speech? The crackdown on the Occupy Wall Street highlights that freedom of speech isn't truly free. TERM LIMITS- while i do agree that corruption tends to arise over time, term limits tend to weaken leaders. Sometimes a leader needs more time to implement the changes or to fix a country but if the nation is impatient they'll vote him/her out and halt their project, which would just restart the whole process. Or the other way around, the mass must wait till the term is over but what if the damage done by the leader in that time was too severe. PEACEFUL TRANSITIONS- I partly agree with you on this aspect. I say partly because i don't necessarily see military coups as a negative. Once again look at Egypt, in Egypt's case i believe a coup was necessary in order to ensure that democracy would not be damaged by Morsi's rather authoritative constitution. MANDATES- unfortunately many democratically elected leaders tend to break their promises. It seems rather idealistic to believe they would stick to their promises. Or, in the case of Obama are incapable of moving forth with their promises due to the limitation that occurs with constitutions. CITIZENSHIP- I completely agree with you on that aspect REDUCED CORRUPTION- this may hold true in certain countries but democracies tend to have just as much corruption. The Bush/Al Gore elections is a prime example. The elections held in US backed countries around the world tend to involve a lot of corruption. Same goes with the Russian elections. The fact that there are opposing parties and free press means they just have to conceal it better. ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENTS- The economy isn't doing so well, particularly in Europe and the US, those regions are democratic. History proves that dictatorships have better records of improving the economy. I truly value your opinion and would like to see what you have to say next