>Democracy is more tolerable because no people die (in the open) when the landscape of power changes.
Tell that to the family of a friend's friend that was ambushed and decapitated in the middle of the night by an opposing political party because they made statements denouncing a political party during elections in a Democratic country.
ETA:News story to clarify what I'm talking about.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/29/world/asia/philippines-ne...