I'm not sure how you can propose legislation without the majority approval. A functioning democracy legislates according to the will of the people. That means

I'm not sure how you can propose legislation without the majority approval. A functioning democracy legislates according to the will of the people. That means you HAVE to convince the majority first. In a broken democracy, you still need to convince the powerful (although this might actually be easier). But you still have to convince them to apply the same standard to those without power, which is likely a hard sell.