If you ask anyone in a Western nation whether he or she believes in democracy as a system of government, the answer will almost certainly be yes.
But if one aspect of democracy is the election of governments by a majority of those voting – whether voluntarily or under compulsion as in Australia – a second aspect might be thought to be the acceptance by all voters and non-voters of the new government, if only until the next election when everything is back on the table.
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