dégénérer

Dans la pratique, les démocraties évoluent en même temps que leurs traditions et si les institutions démocratiques demandaient des normes de conduite largement refusées par la société, elles dégénéreraient facilement.
In practice, the democracies evolve along with their traditions, and if democratic institutions were to require norms of behavior widely rejected by their society, they would easily degenerate.
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