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[–] jlou@mastodon.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

All definitions are made up.

This definition captures the underlying notion.that
consensual democracy = self-government

Here is A. Chayes making a similar point:

“The shareholders were the electorate, the directors the legislature, enacting general policies and committing them to the officers for execution. Shareholder democracy, so-called, is misconceived because the shareholders are not the governed of the corporation whose consent must be sought.”

Robert Dahl had a similar understanding

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

All definitions are made up

By you? Because that paragraph you (not you) wrote is not the made up definition of democracy.

And though everything is made up, a definition of anything is something we all agree on, not just you.