You can't lose something you didn't have to begin with.



Also:

Please, be specific with which version and variant of "democracy" you're talking about.

Is it 'yours', 'mine', 'ours', 'theirs'?

Which one "democracy" is it?

Je pensais que je pensais, donc je pensais que j'étais.   👍

Democracy (any variant): Protects the majority (majority rules).



Constitutional Republic: Protects minorities  from  majority rule.