” ‘The voters decide on their own misgovernment’ is the accepted formula. Majority rule is the essential math. There is some truth to it. But there is a bigger measure of falsehood. No president in modern times ever got a majority of Americans to come out and vote for him, and the president in office, as of this writing, didn’t even get a majority of the votes cast. And even if the system of defining a majority were legitimate, there is still the question — so what? Whether they vote on it or not, by the time three wolves and one sheep sit down to decide what to have for dinner, the menu has already been drawn up.”
Mobs, Messiahs and Markets, P. 193