From "Teller Reveals His Secrets" (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/teller-reveals-his-secrets-100744801/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture

From "Teller Reveals His Secrets" (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/teller-reveals-his-secrets-100744801/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/teller-reveals-h...)... "7. If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. [...] When I cut the cards, I let you glimpse a few different faces. You conclude the deck contains 52 different cards (No. 1—Pattern recognition). You think you’ve made a choice, just as when you choose between two candidates preselected by entrenched political parties (No. 7—Choice is not freedom)." It may still be democracy, but the task of the people isn't to pick the best or most desirable policy/candidate/etc. It's to pick from the presented selections. If all choices are bad, nothing good will come of it no matter what you call it. Add an option for "None of the above/Do-over" and I'll have more faith in democracy.