• J Lou@mastodon.social
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    3 months ago

    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
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      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.