We are, of course, entirely fine with that form of democracy where it’s everyone particularly interested in something who gets to decide upon the matter t6hrough their production, consumption and so on. You know, the market?

There are those who instead insist upon what they call a properly democratic economy. One where all vote on something and therefore we gain what is voted upon - we’re all subject to that tyranny of the majority in everything. Plus, of course, if everything is decided by democratic politics then everything will be intermediated by politicians:

The former top Democrat on the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee

Ranking members on a House committee do have a certain amount of power in their field. Budgets are built upwards in the American system, from the relevant House committee and up.

“You’ve heard the word ‘full moon.’ Sometimes you need to take the opportunity just to come out and see a full moon is that complete rounded circle, which is made up mostly of gases,”….“And that’s why the question is why or how could we as humans live on the moon? Are the gases such that we could do that?” the congresswoman said.

We might have mentioned before that we’re fully supportive of democracy itself - some issues simply have to be handled that way. But as we’ve also mentioned before majoritarian democracy is as with government. Vast areas of life work markedly better without it, we need to reserve it for when it’s really needed.