I don't know whether it's age or maturity, but I certainly find myself committed more and more to the looser forms of Western democracy at any price.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.
Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country.
I just think that the older you get, the more you appreciate the responsibility of politics.
A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.
'Age' is the acceptance of a term of years. But maturity is the glory of years.
It is not easy to age in harmony with one's roles.
In tumultuous times, it's important to have a very mature leader.
It's weird: The leader of the Conservative Party in England is two years younger than me, and I still don't really feel like a responsible adult.
One should mature over 20 years.
I think democracy is on the decline in the West. Ruling parties are the same: neo-liberalism at home and wars abroad.