[vezzy-fnord]

Monarchy is not opposed to democracy, even if it's not a constitutional/ceremonial monarchy. Liechtenstein and Monaco are two countries with politically active monarchs, which are nevertheless democratic.

Theocracies in practice are dictatorial, but nominally it just means your "constitution" would be a religious text. I agree those are undesirable.

"Communist state" is an oxymoron, surely you mean Marxist-Leninist state. Dictatorship is too vague.

I'm not really objecting to the democratic process being a vehicle for change, so much as contemporary implementations of it being riddled with inefficiencies and fallacies, as well as the fact that most people completely overlook the crucially important meta-theory of how democracy operates and assume it's all good because the word "democracy" gives them warm, fuzzy feelings.

[nickpsecurity]

Well, since you clarified, I think we're mostly in agreement now. :) I'm pro-democracy while recognizing it has to operate correctly and that's far from how it's happening.