@banana re. N. Korea: Your assumption of democracy is not relevant. I never stipulated all of the citizens have to agree, only that it is the choice of the people who live there. Whether the choice is popular is not relevant, only that it is the N. Korean people who govern N. Korea, and it is their choices which define that gov't. If history is any guide, those oppressed N Korean citizens will one day rise up and prove that it was their choices to remain under the thumb of said dictator all along. You're mistaken about "should" and may consider substituting "is expected to" to clean it up a bit. Should is a value statement and not objective, by definition. The fact that America has laws does not imply that Americans should follow those laws, only that there will be consequences if they do not follow the laws. If someone chooses to not follow the laws, it doesn't mean they should go to prison, but it means they probably will go to prison (assuming guilt of a prison-worthy offense). These are different statements. Whether or not 325 million people choose to be thwarted by what is written on some old piece of parchment is up to each of them to decide, and not an objective or provable fact. I'm sure you're aware of Article 5 of the Constitution, anyway.