“but it really isn’t anything more than deceit in my estimation.”
I agree... But I think it might have been a Freudian slip indicating that her subconscious was telling her she understands two different meanings of the word democracy. A duality. The real meaning and the code meaning. And she was not bright enough or quick enough to block the subconscious. lol
I do like the idea that it was a Freudian slip...they aren’t supposed to let us know so far in advance what it really is...!