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> If someone who is long gone (and no longer has voting rights) imposed limitations on a democratic system then how is it even a democracy?

You are always asking for "how" X can still be a democracy, which is a weird question I don't even know how to answer, since I really don't even know what you understand under a democracy.

What do you mean how? Can you throw me a rope and explain this to me then:

> Nor should not being able to vote away natural rights (like the right not to be murdered) have any bearing

If I can't vote to legalize murder, how is it still a democracy?