This is a strong ploy by history revisionists in our time to motivate people that they are not being boiled like the frog. With the exception of the quotations I've added you've probably been shown this spectrum in school or college to teach how a good Democracy splits the difference between the far left and far right. In my case it was taught along with the story of how extremism on either end is bad and that middle ground should always be sought. But democracy isn't what we've been taught. It isn't a middle ground prior to socialism.
Democracy is , in fact, a form of Fabian socialism.
Democracy, which is much different than the Republic established in Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution, is a slow walk towards ever increasing socialism. Given the current spectrum there is no place for those who believe government should leave citizens alone. In fact, the ideas laid down in the Constitutional Republic and Bill of Rights, that promotes that people should be left to their own accord without unnecessary government infractions is completely out of the picture.