“I don’t see why not being a democracy means you are inherently evil. “
Pretty much everyone on the planet had ancestors that committed all sorts of atrocities.. Mohammed himself by today’s standards would be in jail for an assortment of crimes. (nothing personal, I see all religions this way including Christianity that i was taught).
So do we judge ancient people as all evil? No They simply didn’t know any better. We have to judge the past by their standards not ours. We can’t get to today’s civilization without learning from the mistakes of past civilization much like future generations will learn from our mistakes
There is mountains of empirical evidence that mixed economy republics are the greatest form of government in human history, It has brought humanity to the most advanced point in technology and prosperity ever. If our ancient ancestors could see us today they would think we were gods.
By today’s standard, those that oppose democracy are for lack of a better term evil. We judge by today’s standard not the barbarism of the past. This doesn’t mean democracies are always right about issues. Every country, including the US mess up from time to time. This doesn’t mean there is a better known system.