Indeed. Like ks2048 I find the use of "democratize" outisde of governance to be bizzare and even annoying. I am British by birth, and IIRC Hacker News is prett

Indeed. Like ks2048 I find the use of "democratize" outisde of governance to be bizzare and even annoying. I am British by birth, and IIRC Hacker News is pretty much the only place I see "democratize" used to mean "make more widely available".