Werewolves and Democracy

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 If LKH was trying to show us that werewolves are inherently unable to deal with democracy, I don't think she illustrated her point very well.

Was voting Anita out of the pack supposed to prove that to readers? I thought it showed that the other werewolves had the sense of self-respect that Richard loses around Anita.

They were right to reject the non werewolf lupa who betrayed their king  the very night he took the throne because she found him, and thus all werewolves disgusting. On top of this betrayal, they are then expected to share their disloyal non-werewolf queen with the vampires who feed on them, and the leopards, their former torturers?

As for Jacob, he fought his way up the pack through the old combat system. Richard retained popular support. If anything, this shows that Richard should have retained a modified form of democracy, and altered the rules for combat to qualify that the wolves would have to win their battles through non-lethal force, as he had.