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"Democratically elected government" does not imply "democracy is not in bad shape".



We have several examples of such situations right now.


"Democratically elected government" implies that it is not a democracy but anything from aristocraty to plutocracy with q few things inbetween such as kleptocracy, oligarchy, etc.

The very definition of election means aristocracy. To have a democracy it requires sortition instead.




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