If this isn't cyclical I don't know what is.
Democracy exists in degrees, beginning with total democracy and running to no democracy.
Prior to the incorporation of the planet, there was more democracy and liberty. Prior to the development of state systems there was even more democracy and liberty. Corporatism is destroying what democracy and liberty we have remaining. We are moving towards a totalized corporate world-system. This has been an interesting channel, and I appreciate the lively debate.