> Democracy doesn't feel like democracy when people with your culture (political party, part of the country, etc.) lose power
In fact, that is exactly what democracy feels like! People have different preferences (as they always do) and so they take a vote, majority wins. It happens on every level, from national declarations of war to a bunch of people deciding on which movie to watch. And it has a very long track record of people dealing with it with no problem.
Every election in history on every level has had a loser. I know that personally: I didn't get to see the movie I wanted on Friday.
What is undemocratic is treating losing like a catastrophe or failure of the system - that is the system. That is democracy.
In fact, that is exactly what democracy feels like! People have different preferences (as they always do) and so they take a vote, majority wins. It happens on every level, from national declarations of war to a bunch of people deciding on which movie to watch. And it has a very long track record of people dealing with it with no problem.
Every election in history on every level has had a loser. I know that personally: I didn't get to see the movie I wanted on Friday.
What is undemocratic is treating losing like a catastrophe or failure of the system - that is the system. That is democracy.