[EBUCK]

Correction... Democracy, two wolves convincing a majority of sheep to dine with them.

[Vast Buffalo Wing Conspiracy]

Your correction was far closer to the truth. In reality, democracy means not the rule of the people, nor does it mean plebicites on each and every issue. In truth, the actual wishes of the majority become increasingly irrelevent in all "democracies".

The real power in a democracy lies not with the people, but with those who can manipulate and mislead the people. In a word, with those who control the mass media. When the people are apathetic and badly informed, when they give themselves over to entertainment and leisure, then it is those who can implant false ideas in them via the media who actually control the course of democratic policies.