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To answer the author's original question, democracy isn't perfect, but Western-style democracy has certain self-rectifying mechanisms built in that many other ideologies lack. I don't know that "greatest" is the right word because that would imply that the same ends couldn't be achieved with another ideology. I'd say, based on the comparative level of personal freedom, health, and material well-being of people governed by the various ideologies that exist today, democracy has brought the most good to the most people in those places where it has been practiced.
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