The entire time I spent with my master all I heard was the ways in which democracy was failing and why it would never work properly as a system. The corruption, the stagnation, the hypocrisy of such a form of government. Forgive me if that has made me wary of such a system ever having any good to it.

You'll just need to have enough optimism for both of us. Any time I have ever tried to have hope, it doesn't end well for me.