Editing Democracy

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{{Quote|There will never be consensus, son, among those you have helped to ascend. They will all differ in their views of what it means to be free. The peace you so desperately seek does not exist.|Haytham Kenway explaining Templar opposition of democracy to Ratonhnhaké:ton, 1781|Assassin's Creed III|Lee's Last Stand}}
[[File:Bush-TF.png|thumb|200px|News on the 2000 United States election]]
'''Democracy''' is an egalitarian form of government of a nation, in which all its citizens determine the public policies and laws of their state via equal rights and entitlement to an opinion. In most cases of democracy, the equal voices of citizens are gathered via votes for political parties.

Democracy was a favored form of government for the [[Assassins|Assassin Order]].<ref name="ACTF">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''</ref> However, the [[Templars|Templar Order]] heavily opposed democracy, often manipulating and sabotaging the voting system of the United States to plant their own puppets in the position of {{Wiki|President of the United States|President}}.<ref name="ACTF"/> One such notable occasion was during the 2000 election, where the Templars succeeded in installing [[George W. Bush]] as their puppet in the White House.<ref name="ACBH">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]'' – [[Rifts]]</ref> Throughout history there have already been cases of opposition to democracy, such as when the [[West Indies Rite of the Templar Order]] preferred to blackmail the House of Lords rather than the House of Commons as the former were less interested in the interests of the people<ref name="ACBF>''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> and notables Templar [[Grand Master|Grand Masters]] how [[Haytham Kenway]] and [[Crawford Starrick]] were opponents of democratic values in contrary with their rivals Assassins.<ref name="AC3>''[[Assassin's Creed III]]''</ref><ref name="ACS>''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]''</ref>

In the 5th century BCE, democracy was the preferred government of the Greek city-state of [[Athens]], which was led by [[Perikles]] during the early years of the [[Peloponnesian War]]. However, the [[Plague of Athens]] allowed the demagogue [[Kleon]] to stoke the populace's fear of the plague itself and of [[Sparta]], and as a result, he took control of the city-state through the very same "will of the people" that had once put Perikles in charge.<ref name="ACOD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>

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