Re:Bay Area cities, restaurants bracing for potential electi...
by dragonwriter on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:39PM
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> A functional democracy requires that all parties agree to abide by the result of the election and peaceful transfer of power.
(1) A functional democracy also requires a Democratic electoral system.
(2) A functionally-democratic tyranny is not better than the absence of functional democracy.
(3) But it's usually better than a functional elective anti-democratic tyranny, which is what you have when you have the feature you describe as necessary for functional democracy is present, but neither respect for the rights of the people beyond participation in elections nor elections on democratic lines are present.
So, yes, the condition you pay out is necessary (but not at all sufficient) for functioning democracy, but not in all cases (even where the other conditions for functional democracy are present) desirable.
(1) A functional democracy also requires a Democratic electoral system.
(2) A functionally-democratic tyranny is not better than the absence of functional democracy.
(3) But it's usually better than a functional elective anti-democratic tyranny, which is what you have when you have the feature you describe as necessary for functional democracy is present, but neither respect for the rights of the people beyond participation in elections nor elections on democratic lines are present.
So, yes, the condition you pay out is necessary (but not at all sufficient) for functioning democracy, but not in all cases (even where the other conditions for functional democracy are present) desirable.