Democracy

This is democracy at its purest:
When all the unvarnished, vile lunacies
Spewed by the want-mores--the undereducated,
Egocentric, me-above-all electorate--
Bubble to the surface and befoul
The dignity of our nation.
It puts the country at risk
Of tinkerings by external powers,
And at the very least lowers
The esteem of our peers.
The Greeks abandoned democracy,
As any officeholder becomes a target
For taunts and ridicule and calumnies,
And the demos tends to oust its leaders
Before they can begin to lead:
Victories hatch their own defeats.
Citizens! You are far better off
Than the average global Joe;
Why, o why do you snivel and wail?