It's always annoyed me and in fact Jon Stewart made fun of it in an interview with Ezra Klein of... the NY Times. Democracy is not a reverse vampire that sleep

It's always annoyed me and in fact Jon Stewart made fun of it in an interview with Ezra Klein of... the NY Times. Democracy is not a reverse vampire that sleeps in a tanning bed. It's perfectly fine with darkness. Democracy Dies in Ignorance would be a more objective & rational motto, even if it is a bit preening and hysterical. Democracy Thrives In Knowledge is a bit more upbeat and gets the point across. Or even Democracy Compels Free Speech which Bezos would probably endorse in spite of his self-contradictory behavior here. (Yes, he did make a bad call.)