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'less democratic' meant those governments which forcefully capture the state power for their own benefit, common in third-world where single-party government can reign for decades if not outright declaring dictatorship. Democracy in its real meaning, is now viewed in the west as "Direct democracy" and in most cases supplanted by "representative democracy" where plebs choose elite "representatives" of high political/social status that decide for them. A real democracy would allow citizens to vote on laws(familiar to Americans as "propositions") and propose new legislation, powers which are currently subjugated to "special governing bodies" where "elected representatives" are bribed("lobbied") to initiate voting on behalf of elite to create new laws and measures. Its a farce of democracy.