In many cases, you don't have a choice to be born into a state. You're subject to it just by virtue of being there. It's not a choice. That's the difference. T

In many cases, you don't have a choice to be born into a state. You're subject to it just by virtue of being there. It's not a choice. That's the difference. That said, like pure authoritarianism, pure democracy as a state governance system also has failure modes, and its merits are also debatable.