The problem is that what we understand as theoretical democracy and what is generally practically applied on the ground are two philosophically different things

The problem is that what we understand as theoretical democracy and what is generally practically applied on the ground are two philosophically different things. An anti-thesis of democracy itself. Prof Lawrence Lessig of Harvard nails it when he calls this type of corruption of democracy as Tweedism. Here's a quick summary of his thesis (2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJy8vTu66tE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJy8vTu66tE Here's a longer, more academic, version (2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZEV7TeZBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFZEV7TeZBg Both talks begin with the Hong Kong student protests of 2014.