Heros of Democracy

Throughout history there have been people(s) who have championed democracy in different ways. Some have had a great influence on this promoter of better democracy via on-line spelling bees. While limited initial resources preclude establishing global democracy for all nation, some nations received Startup brain bees in honor of these heros of the writer. This alphabetial list is more personal rather than a universal review or ranking. Some are a group. Some are a spirit. The links explain why theses heros were chosen.

Hero	Country	Summary
King Juan Carlos	Spain	Right over might: When offered absolute monarchy by coup leader, he said Spain needed democracy to solve its problems.
Cincinnatus	Italy	Lead when you can lead.
Cradle of Democracy	Greece	"divisions of people" "work"
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo	Argentina**	Desaparecido: Wrong is wrong.
Farmers/Peasants	Mexico	All have a right to pursue happiness.
Mohandas K. Gandhi	India	Put aside differences to solve common problems.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk	Turkey*	Secular Democracy
	Qatar
Amir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	Bahrain	An Enlightened Leader Increasing Democracy within a Constitutional Monarchy
Martin Luther King(s)	U.S.	Democracy is color-blind.
Abraham Lincoln	U.S.	The human personification of democracy, the champion par excellence
Nelson Mandela	South Africa	Better to die alone for democracy than aid and abet depotism--a super hero!
Meiji	Japan	Broad democracy better than autocracy. (Overview)
Rosa Parks	U.S.	A simple soul can standup for democracy by sitting down.
Soldiers	Australia & New Zealand	When their distant isolation gave them security, these blokes shed their blood for democracy.
Solidarity Movement	Poland	Non-working can work for better democracy.
George Washington	U.S.	Toiled endlessly for democracy when he did not have to toil.

With these heros who risked or lost their lives for the democratic rule, how can one not sacrifice for better democracy?

Potential Heros of Democracy: Brain Bees are the Key
(This was written in the early 2000's)

Defendent	Country	Summary
Hugo Chavez	Venezuela*	A president who needs a good plan for his good goals.
Moammar Gadhafi	Libya	What's left when you are dead? Civil War?
Vladimir Putin	Russia*,**	The brains, personality and charisma to be Peter Romanov or Iosif Dzhugashvilli. If the Soviet Union had brainbees the US might not have won the cold war.

Enemies of Democracy

*The political future of humanity--independent of global drying and existential meltdown--is on the line in these counties.

**The issue of capitalism versus decapitalism is acute in Argentina, Cuba and Russia.

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