How can a democratic government be brought down according to Les?
A democratic government can be brought down when its people become dissatisfied, fill the streets, and demonstrate. Because democracies are weak and lack real strength, such public protest causes the government to fall, leaving it inferior and unable to withstand the pressure.
Les explains that Western Europe today is an enlarged democracy, and democracies are weak. If people do not like the government, all they have to do is fill the streets and demonstrate, and down it goes. He says it has no real strength and is consequently inferior. This fits his broader point about the revived Roman Empire, the European Community, ten nations, and the ten toes.