Representative democracy can only last so long as people prefer losing an election to fighting a civil war.
(This is because eventually they do lose an election, and then they do fight a civil war. For example, the American South fought a civil war rather than allow Lincoln to become their President.)
Representative democracy can only last so long as people prefer losing an election to fighting a civil war.
(This is because eventually they do lose an election, and then they do fight a civil war. For example, the American South fought a civil war rather than allow Lincoln to become their President.)