While your points about the evolving (and currently manipulated) definition of freedom are good, I still can't fathom swapping it for democracy, were such a swa

While your points about the evolving (and currently manipulated) definition of freedom are good, I still can't fathom swapping it for democracy, were such a swap possible. Under absolute freedom, I'm subject to the law of the jungle but otherwise unencumbered. Under absolute democracy, I'm subject to the whim of the majority. Neither is ideal, of course, but I at least understand the law of the jungle; I'll be damned if I understand the majority, most of the time.