Democracy

Is democracy really the government of the people by the people for the people?
Who are the people? Are people really free to make their will?

I just want to talk about one thing I have never been able to understand in the definition  of democracy, and that is the people. Is it all the people, a few of the people, majority of the people or a special group of people. It is unfortunate that most of us when we thing of democracy, we think about the electoral processes, but this is what I think. That people are hypocrites. Beyond the elections, I don't see in which other circumstances people opt for democracy to rule them. If democracy was that good, why don't people apply its principles in their day to day lives. Does democracy rule in our homes, at our work places? in our relations? and so is a human being truly a democratic person.

In a democracy, why then do we have hierarchies of power, which hierarchies create economic, political and social imbalances. How then will such people ever be equal before the law when some are rightfully of higher command than others; in a world where a customer is often working by the terms set by the seller.

For most of us we apply democracy by the majority rule, but then how do we marry that with God's ways where majority does not necessarily show the will of God. God went after people considered outcasts in society like Hannah, David, Joseph, the apostles. Today I only came with questions. we shall continue with the conversation later.