Democracy is the belief that a majority vote transforms immoral acts into moral mandates.
In short, despite all of the complex rituals and convoluted rationalizations, all modern belief in "government" rests on the notion that mere mortals can, through certain political procedures, bestow upon some people various rights which none of the people possessed to begin with.
That's where the rules of how powerful and how detailed those votes are allowed to get. What are the limits of state and citizen power.
You know, like a constitution.
Democracy is the belief that a majority vote transforms immoral acts into moral mandates.
It's literally just voting on shit, where everyone who is considered eglible gets to vote.
Should I be able to vote to put you in jail?
Like jury duty?
That's where the rules of how powerful and how detailed those votes are allowed to get. What are the limits of state and citizen power. You know, like a constitution.