What price democracy

Some of you may say there is no fun in Man Utd winning almost every title since the inception of the Premiership (just rebranded into Premier League). It's bad for the game and the fans etc, and it's also highly undemocratic for one ruler to have it all. Well, I say that there is nothing good about democracy either, at least democracy in its most modern form. I recently consulted a Greek-Cypriot businessman who sailed from Thailand to Athens on his brand new catamaran to publicise his online book, titled Isokratia (http://www.isokratia.com/). He argues that his is the ultimate socio governing system and has to be adopted by democratic-minded states. I'll tell you one thing. Chris, the author, has a point, many points in fact. What is so great about Democracy today? Do people who vote governments take part in the decision-making process, as indeed was the case in ancient Athens where democracy was invented and flourished? No! Do people, who cast their ballots as an indication of their approval or disapproval of a political party, share the profits with the few who cling onto power? No! Do people, real people, have any chance in being elected prime ministers or members of parliament, if they 1) Don't have the necessary funds and 2) Don't have the blood line association. Democracy in today's world is almost an autocratic regime based on hereditary power rights. Take Greece, the cradle of democracy. Since the 60's the country has been ruled by members of three families! First it was George Papandreou, whose son Andreas ruled in the 80's whose son George is the leader of today's opposition party and ex Foreign Minister. Then it was Constantine Karamanlis, whose nephew and nameshake is Greece's prime minister today. And then you had Constantine Mitsotakis, whose daughter is today's foreign minister and dubbed as the likely successor of today's Prime Minister. Does this sound like a democratic regime? A country that gives equal opportunities to its people, where meritocracy is a given? Not. The irony is that with the exception of one other Prime Minister, the only other persons to have ruled Greece in the last fifty years was a dictator and a Monarch! Sir Alex, the longest serving Premier League coach has spent his last 21 years at Old Trafford and is still as popular as he ever was amongst Man Utd's voters despite his authoritative rule and arrogant winning-all style. Who said that democracy is panacea?