The long and short of it
September 27th, 2004 ~ Orthodox perspectiveIf you have interest in a much better answer to the article by Dr. Bouteneff, consider this from George Strickland at the Orthodoxy Today blog.
If you don’t want to do any more mental heavy lifting, here’s the capper:
American democracy may not be the ideal, but is there an adequate replacement? Approximation to the ideal is the best we can hope for this side of the Kingdom of God.