She raises a real issue. But the only way you can have any moral standing to support democratization in Third World countries is if you build an international body that itself adheres to democratic principles. There is no way to have accountability without elections. Elections are the only way to begin to get the kind of world body that will have the legitimacy and the mandate to intervene in conflicts. I am reluctant to give the Security Council any more autonomy or a standing army, as long as its decisions are made by a handful of unaccountable people.
Democratization is part and parcel of a common movement for a really democratic world order.
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