Like today, each form of government - monarchy, oligarchy,tyranny, democracy has its benefits and flaws. They each existedbecause the appeared to offer a solution to the problems of thetime. They each had periods of success, became debased, werereplaced and so the sequence went on.Today we too are seeing the problems of democracy overtaking itsbenefits as abuses of the system escalate, as it happened nearlytwo and a half thousand years ago.