To me, something has been proven

Democracy is where the most people decide the future of their government. If there is one group completely unfit to decide anything, it's most people.

Don't remember who said it.

"..by people who should not exist."

George Bernard Shaw

"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

"Man is a clever animal who behaves like an imbecile."

Maybe I should start an Unfettered Misanthropy thread.

requires an educated informed populace,voting in enlighhtened self interest.The freepers exploited fear,ignorance of political process,current events and the constitution/bill of rights ect.),religious superstition and any people with a little money,alot of greed and selfishness.They relied on the base and ugly instincts of the unthinking uncaring mob and call that democracy.
Don't you realize the republicans like all fascists hate for the people to be free,happy,secure,bold ,educated and diverse and stand up for themselves and have solidarity in thier communities.

The Neocons get thier power through an ignorant faux demorcacy which is really mob rule fostered by the abusers and bullies and thier enablers with stockholm syndrome..That begin on the population with thier parents,in school,at work...Everyone gets traumatized by bullies and the bullies exploit humanity and rule it through exploiting trauma,ignorance,fear,bigotry,greed and cocercion.