There's more than one kind of power. Democracy has one power available to it - the ability to make people submit to the laws they pass and enforce. There's ano

There's more than one kind of power. Democracy has one power available to it - the ability to make people submit to the laws they pass and enforce. There's another type: the ability to do things and reshape the environment in the ways you want. Call it "agency" instead. Democracy isn't necessarily conducive to fostering agency.