a discussion with myself about democracy

mmm, what is democracy?

ordinary people (the demos) doing ordinary everyday things that in the end somehow bring a little extraordinary change and benefit to the greater whole,
....people doing things that bring out an awareness of (or create a new sense of) the greater whole
....people taking everyday, creative acts that stimulate a vision for the larger sense (the ocracy?) of who we are within a particular social collective
...people doing things that bring out and capture a more authentic sense of their own identity and hence [strengthen] the identity of the group, and the nation....