Also known as "democracy".
Democracy defined
"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity.
When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims,
one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms,
like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition,
but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides. It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic, we are praising it: consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using that word if it were tied down to any one meaning."
- George Orwell [From “Politics and the English Language”]
For anyone with sincere intentions, defining “democracy” is a simple matter. The word was formed from a combination of the Greek words: “demos”, which means “people” or “the people” and “kratos” (meaning “rule”) and/or “kratia”, which means “have power” or “authority.” A democratic government is one in which the people rule (have power).
Once the term is clearly defined, judging whether a government is truly democratic is a simple matter. In a democracy the will of a majority of the people, determines public policies and what laws are passed.
George Orwell
RCV = majority rule = democracy
