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Originally Posted by Keith  In what way is it a democracy? The individuals involved aren't representing anyone - they're just seeing a problem that needs to be solved and getting together to solve it. |
Democracy means "government by the people". A direct democracy is where the people themselves cast votes on policy decisions. In the United States, we have a representative democracy, where our votes are most commonly known to be cast in favor of candidates to particular public offices.
When you agree by a voting mechanism to commit to an action, I think that that is democracy. Though, in retrospect, the scenario you are describing... you might be right that it's anarchic. I'll have to think about that. I'm not sure.