No, it isn't. The purpose of representative democracy is to add a layer of public accountability to political institutions, in order to pre-empt and suppress abuses of power.
The purpose of democracy is not to provide overriding legitimacy for any and every use of power, nor to create a nexus of external responsibility to which every question, irrespective of its nature or native context, can be outsourced without deleterious consequence.
Government is a single, well-defined institution within society, and democracy is a method for keeping that institution within its appropriate boundaries.
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No, it isn't. The purpose of representative democracy is to add a layer of public accountability to political institutions, in order to pre-empt and suppress abuses of power.
The purpose of democracy is not to provide overriding legitimacy for any and every use of power, nor to create a nexus of external responsibility to which every question, irrespective of its nature or native context, can be outsourced without deleterious consequence.
Government is a single, well-defined institution within society, and democracy is a method for keeping that institution within its appropriate boundaries.