I am surprised that it is a killer called Rawlings of "Agoin" and an ex- soldier called David Mark of Nigeria that are commenting against dictatorships. At any rate, the US and the UK are closer to democracy than most African Countries. Donot be deceived! Americans are not free where they work but are free to say whatever they like after work. Their work habit is patterned after one form of disguised slavery or the other. Some how, they keep their jobs, raise families and live well. I am an American by law and an African by birth, but all my years here have not enabled me to understand how the ordinary American survives high school and goes to college. The difference between the high schools and the jump to college education is unmeasurable. How can people go through high schools that look pretty outside but are riddled with the noisiest people on earth as students. But surprisingly, these same students go on with their limbs and academic skills intact and do well as soon as they enter college. What am attempting to give you is to enlighten you on part of what makes the average American experience. Americans hate each other so much that some law makers called Tea-party republicans carried the Osama Bin Ladin Dictum of "Failure to the President" from day one of his presidency. This is not all, the parties hate each other so much I cannot imagine how they survive as a political entity. They are free to vote despite the attempts to take that right away by these same people called Republicans. In summary, there is no true democracy. A President of America for example has to have a strong spy-force to save his neck and the country as an entity. If there is no strong intelligence in America, we Americans may not last more than three weeks. Have you heard about the NRA and their arming of America? Now think.