Perhaps; it seems obvious. I'm not debating that point. The premise of democracy is that the will of the governed gives legitimacy to power. This (I argue) do

Perhaps; it seems obvious. I'm not debating that point. The premise of democracy is that the will of the governed gives legitimacy to power. This (I argue) doesn't presuppose that the governed have security of income, a positive view of the future of the nation, perfect information, or anything like that. What matters is they choose, not their reasons for choosing.