Actually I have several, but this isn't about them.

[He rolls his eyes at that description of his 'kids'.]

My point was, you should know how it feels then. If someone picked on one of your 'nation of perfect babies', you would've felt protective of them. But then you go and say something stupid like that.

I wasn't suggesting we argue over it. I was offering a discussion between two people who are coming from different government systems and want to express why there is merit in their own style. From what you've said already you don't seem to understand how democracy works.