Democracy is difficult and anyone who expects to achieve a fully functional democracy overnight is probably delusional. It took the US over 500 year from Magna Carta. It took France about 100 years from the Revolution, even with America as inspiration. Russia has retrogressed.

People living under dictatorships often have mistaken ideas of what democracy means and the extent of responsibility they bear. voting is a wonderful thing, but it will not produce bread during famine, it will not create jobs.

Democracy ain’t perfect, but it sure as heck beats the other options. (Liberally paraphrasing Churchill.)