Western foreign policy, when push comes to shove: Democracy sacrificed for Stability?

[Beskar]

A functioning and secular democracy will self-replicate itself in its population. It is only when people become desperate that more oppressive measures are required till the point where revolution is only the real solution.

Problem in the west is that many of our democracies are simply compromises or out-dated rhetoric which hasn't progressed with the times. The issue other places is that they haven't really experienced a democracy. The democratic deficient is also a problem as it makes 'democracy' look weak when it is actually one of the most stabilizing forces in a society.

There is also the case where many people just fail to learn from history and instead of trying to make a better tomorrow, they are either blinded by petty selfishness, historical grievances or just give up and don't bother.

In order to make a real difference, you have to think beyond your own interests, and only then when we as humanity can make our real differences.

Usually, this is the point where I get attacked by nationsalists and other groups usually associated with the 'right', because they have their own self-interests, such as wanting their country to better than everyone else, or being a position of some sort of unearned advantage over others.