Democrats claim to be defending “our democracy” with a variety of proposals to protect voting rights and investigate the punks who trashed the Capitol. As usual, the Democrats have taken the appeal of their rhetoric for granted. Do most Americans care or even know what “democracy” is?A common starting point is 400BC, Plato, and his version of the good society. In his Republic he identified three classes: production workers, protective guardians and the philosopher-kings, a small ruling elite. No fan of what we call mass democracy, he argued that it would always break down into conflict between rich and poor,