Fleshing Out The Straw-Man

In my last post, I discussed one criticism that we’ve gotten, that our definition of democracy was somewhat ill-defined. In this one, I will address what is easily the most common criticism that we get: that we are arguing against a straw-man. Once again, I think the most articulate version of this criticism comes from that same Amazon review that I noted in my last post:

Would any reader seriously doubt that the broad-as-all-outdoors “democracy” they invoke is inferior to the alternative — an...