I think it's a little telling when people think slavery, imperial conquest, genocide, etc., which are features of a society designed by people who are avowedly

I think it's a little telling when people think slavery, imperial conquest, genocide, etc., which are features of a society designed by people who are avowedly in favor of Democracy, does not create a contradiction. You can either acknowledge the contradiction and resolve one end of it, or the word itself is incoherent.