Introduction —

The political evolution of a future democratic society begins when the people choose to grasp the reigns ³⁰ of responsibility that are held by the King.

First, when we examine the history of governance from the earliest of times, we see that there has been an ongoing two-dimensional oscillation between control by a central authority and riot, revolt, and revolution by the public against that authority. This continues today in some nations.

Second, when we examine the 1,000 year history of the emergence of democracy in western civilization its progress has also taken on a similar oscillation but in a three-dimensional spiral of evolutionary democratic progress overall.

Third, every evolutionary progression of democracy was always preceded by public outcry for greater consideration of citizen’s preferences.

Fourth, successful evolutionary developments incorporated the means to satisfy the demands of the subjects, and later citizens, by merging those improvements with existing processes of governance. This allowed for the continuation of governance but in a more evolved form of governance, albeit authoritarian rule. In this conclusion lies the hope for the conscious evolutionary improvement of contemporary Stage 2 Democracies.

Fifth, Stage 1 ends with the revolution of the citizens to remove themselves from under monarchial rule.

³⁰  Double entendre, intended.