Neither of these are correct, they're libertarian talking points. You can't really distangle the competing goals of different classes, but if you were to take d

Neither of these are correct, they're libertarian talking points. You can't really distangle the competing goals of different classes, but if you were to take democracy seriously, it is to do whatever the majority wants. Some problems with that when it conflicts with certain fundamental values, but the US mostly doesn't follow majority rule anyway as is documented in many studies.