Is a democracy, often defined as governance of the people, by the people and for the people, ever realistically possible here on earth? Are not all our definitions of democracy only postulates in the world of ideas and ideals? Is a reasonable and applied version which approximates the ideal even plausible?

I suppose, the clearest and most visible examples of an applied model of ideal democracy are the ones we see in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. None of them are perfect, but surely they are least relatively better examples of democracy in the world today. Now, why do I say this?