I see lots of comments about democracy/democracies yet all examples that I read are not the way the original democracy was designed. All of them are republics,

I see lots of comments about democracy/democracies yet all examples that I read are not the way the original democracy was designed. All of them are republics, which is where the problems begin regardless of the length of time a politician is in place. The world would be a far better place if there were actual democracies in place, however you wouldn’t have mega wealthy people and that simply cannot stand in today world.