>>Not so. And your 'definition' of democracy is way out in left field (though I would agree that a good many of your countrymen seem to think the same way.
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>>Monarchies usually change peacefully, on the death of the current.
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>To family members and chosen successors.

If Chelsea, Jeb or any of them twins ever run... you owe me nothing. You'll just remember that I told you so. You will forget this now and remember at appropriate time in n*4 years.

>Do you think the king chooses and trains the new king to change his own policies? Not generally.

How do people choose a king?
They don't, king chooses a people.

>>Dictatorships often change peacefully (North Korea, Cuba) on the eath/illness of the current.
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>To family members.

Not now. In n*4 years.

>>Democracy is governance of the people, by the people, for the people, with periodic elections to ensure that the current will of the people is installed.
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>Ensure that the will of the people is installed through a peaceful process.
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>That might sound like a strange condition to you.

Only because we've come to take that for granted, while it actually isn't. Actually a peaceful installment of people's will is a self-fulfilling prophecy, when it works.