Yes, "electing" incumbents over and over and over again is technically "democratic", but it's the shitty side of democracy... the side Churchill was talking about when he said it was the worst form of government. The only thing it gets you, IF you're lucky, is the same thing you get with a monarchy or a dictatorship (from which it is indistinguishable if checks and oversight are not employed or enforced) -- IF you're lucky: stability. The rest of the time... it's shit.
But it's still worse to elect "small government" nutcases.
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