The point is that as the democratic wave backslides, a larger civic wave is coming. We must not think of democracy only within the Westphalian system; it is going away soon anyway. During the transition, many groups — even large companies — are reshaping themselves to look more like co-ops. Schools and universities let students and parents help run the school. A cooperative shop in a primary school is democratisation. There is no polity too small to democratise.