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

However, I note that, from a democratic perspective, it appears that the broader public does not actually want a reduced police force, and this appears to be true across racial lines[1].

So, let us perhaps say, instead: democracy is the theory that the extremely-online elites and activists know what they want, and that the common people deserve to get it good and hard.

1 - https://news.gallup.com/poll/316571/black-americans-police-r...