If 'demos' in Greek in fact means 'demonstrable, repeatable, observable, causally established facts', why do we think 'democracy' is 'opinions'?

[Gibbons44]

Just a thought,

Demonstrable = fact.

Opinion, often = falsity (unless it is demonstrably true)

So why does anyone expected democracy based on petsonal opinion by people who cannot demonstrate any level of knowledge or expertise of the topic they talk about, can be considered democracy?

If it is mediocracy, opinions of average (median) people - call it mediocracy, not democracy.

Democracy must be empirically provable, so - scientific, rather than opinion based (that, in fact, makes us live in opinocracy)

[Soteris]

dēmos = Common people
kratos = Power, Strength.

Add them together:
dēmokratía = Democracy which basically means power of the people.

But its besides the point. You can call something whatever you want, it does not need to have context clues to what it refers to in its name.

[Gibbons44]

Nope. That is what modern Greeks fail to grasp about ancient, original, Greek.

[Soteris]

No. You are wrong. Tracking it before it became dēmos leads you down a completely different path and nowhere does it mean demonstrable.

[Gibbons44]

Am not wrong.

[Soteris]

Am too.

[Gibbons44]

I know you are. As with wanting to supres genes of blue eyed people. You're a nazist.

[Soteris]

As with someone with blue eyes, that is nonsense. Its not even how genetics works.

[NamerOfStars]

If "lead" in English refers to a toxic metal, then why do we keep asking for people in charge to "lead"? Do we want them to poison everyone around them?

[Gibbons44]

Those two are pronounced differently. Right (side), right (correct/confirm), right (law), write (letters).
Demos - strikingly obvious = demo, to demonstrate (not to protest but to show something).
Modern English is a bit of a travesty (google 'the great vowel shift').

[Guy13]

This is why governments, such as Republics, need an underwriting framework found in the Christian worldview. Without the moral guidelines democracies tumble.

[Gibbons44]

If by 'christian' you mean 'monogamous' (so, where bigamy is a crime, as it is in most of the world), I can agree.
Otherwise - Jesus Christ, Eucharist etc - there is too much logic lost there (too many knowledge inconsistencies).

[Astarlessnightsky]

The greek "Demos" means people/citizen/..

Democracy means the people rule or governed by the citizen.

[_Just_A_girl_]

hm I don't know, interesting

[purplepoppy]

Demos meant common people not demonstrate

[Gibbons44]

That is a presumltion, prejudice - common, but in no way factual.

[purplepoppy]

Not according to the dictionary

[Gibbons44]

That was written when? 50 or 100 years ago?
Ancient Greek's a tad older (and more logical). Common - as in, obvious, yes. Common as in 'tardy' kr 'lacking grasp and clue' - obviously not.

[Gibbons44]

*or*, not 'kr'. A typo 🤷‍♂️

[purplepoppy]

Yes but people do research these things you know

[Gibbons44]

And you imagine they did a better job than I did because... tge TV says so? Earth is flat?

[gorydetails]

Did you think this up all by yourself?

[Gibbons44]

Yeah. I... well, those are my thoughts consolidated. Result of long research (that obviously gathered lots of info from others, but I do almost all of the inference and refining... I have a ridiculously high IQ, and no girfriend, so you can imagine 🤷‍♂️

[gorydetails]

Lmao