DISADVANTAGE/DEMOCRACY PROMOTION

DEMOCRACY IS GOOD IN A LINEAR FASHION -- MORE THERE IS, THE BETTER OFF WE ARE -- SO NO BRINK IS NEEDED FOR THIS ARGUMENT

DEMOCRACY IS BENEFICIAL IN A LINEAR FASHION -- THE MORE DEMOCRATIC A GOVERNMENT, THE BETTER IT IS

Larry Diamond, Hoover Inst, Stanford Univ., 1999; DEVELOPING DEMOCRACY: TOWARD CONSOLIDATION // acs p. 3

Up to a point consistent with the principles of constitutionalism and representative democracy, government is better when it is more democratic. This is not to argue that even electoral democracy is easily attainable in any country at any time. However, more democracy makes government more responsive to a wider range of citizens. "The greater the opportunities for expressing, organizing, and representing political preferences, the greater the number and variety of preferences and interests that are likely to be represented in policy making."