"[We] have this very strange thing going on where democracy is the greatest threat to democracy.  Now how can that be?  It's two different concepts of democracy.  One concept of democracy is the will of the people, you hold plebiscites, and even if you do it with an electoral college or political parties, the idea is that [you have government] by and for the people.  The other idea of democracy is that democracy is about the institutions that sprang from democracy once upon a time and that those institutions have to be kept strong.  Those are two completely different concepts that are overloaded to the same word.  Under that circumstance, we have a paradox which is:  how do we keep [...] the type A democracy from overturning the type B democracy?  And that's the unsolved problem that they will not bring in front of the people." 

- Eric Weinstein talking with Chris Williamson
 

 🤔 I think there's a third concept were the "Power to the people" is enforced through the free market (a true one). The government has very little power over the population so it sticks with what make consensus (+90% of the population).