[pjc50]

Does rather raise the distinction between "democracy" in which only some people have the vote and a "liberal democracy" which widens the franchise as far as possible, includes guarantees on basic rights of minorities against majoritarianism, and so on.

By that reckoning, America wasn't a democracy until 1964.

[luckylion]

You could argue that modern liberal democracies just hide the ugly parts, not necessarily end them.

Whether you have your neighbors working 16 hour shifts in your factory or you have people in Bangladesh work 16 hour shifts in your factory doesn't really make a large difference: you're still making people work 16 hour shifts in your factory, only different people.