Given that democracy enables the people to protect themselves from the state it is inconsistent for a party of the right to reject democracy. Democracy is consistent with freedom and liberty, both concepts associated with the right, or perhaps if not with the right then not with the left.
It makes no sense for conservatives and Tories to reject proportional representation (as they often do) when we consider the reality of democracy as a liberating force, unless the Tories reject freedom. If the right is in favour of freedom then we would expect them to support (the extension of) democracy wherever possible, unless democracy is harmful to freedom. If democracy is not harmful to freedom then real Tories and real conservatives support democracy.
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