Well, Jack, you don't seem to be very knowledgeable about history, and about prominent Russian historians. Democracy actually came to Tsarist Russia in the early 20th century, under the influence of the people and the intelligentsia... and it died before it even had time to develop... it was suppressed...
As for power... this has always been the case with us Slavs, starting with Vladimir the Great... I almost went off-topic... And I don't want to say anything bad about Knight, but let's not forget that he is 15 years old, and doesn't have much life experience yet, so I understand him.
...................What difference does it make, 15 or not? He took on the responsibility of being a moderator himself, but now he can't distinguish between a moderator and a person!