Teboho on Nostr: I understand what you mean. I still feel like we're defiling the true meaning of ...

I understand what you mean. I still feel like we're defiling the true meaning of "democracy." We're redefining it based on how it has been carried out so far in most states that self-identify as democratic, rather than on what it truly is.

According to Wiktionary, "democracy" is defined as: "A system of government in which the people exercise power directly or elect representatives from among themselves to form a governing body, such as a parliament."

In its natural modus operandi, democracy entails that the people or citizens are in full control of their state. It just so happens, as you said, that there are some thieving oligarchs who attempt to capture and control states. This is an expected possible result of wealth gaps and capitalism, but we cannot say that "capitalism" is bad. Likewise, we should not claim that the idea of democracy is, in itself, the cause of incompetent governance and mass dissatisfaction. I believe that the only problem with democracy is that people do not exercise their due power as would be expected in an ideal democracy.

If you pay a plumber to fix leaks and he only makes them drip less, you cannot say that the whole industry of plumbing is a sham. Rather, you should consider the obvious fact: this plumber is not doing his job as "ideally" as he should.