You are certainly right in thinking that "democracy" has been often misunderstood/misused. However, it is not obvious that the examples you have introduced actually illustrate cases where the will of the proletariat specifically has been over ruled. They seem to be cases where the will of voters of whatever class were over ruled. Your…
You are certainly right in thinking that "democracy" has been often misunderstood/misused. However, it is not obvious that the examples you have introduced actually illustrate cases where the will of the proletariat specifically has been over ruled. They seem to be cases where the will of voters of whatever class were over ruled. Your general point is correct: they are cases where democracy has been subverted.
Majority of the voters are proletariat. Also, I think things have changed between Marx time and now. For example, Corporations have gotten personhood, all sorts of treaties in the wto framework.
Perhaps the more important distinction is "human person" vs "corporation"
You are certainly right in thinking that "democracy" has been often misunderstood/misused. However, it is not obvious that the examples you have introduced actually illustrate cases where the will of the proletariat specifically has been over ruled. They seem to be cases where the will of voters of whatever class were over ruled. Your general point is correct: they are cases where democracy has been subverted.
Majority of the voters are proletariat. Also, I think things have changed between Marx time and now. For example, Corporations have gotten personhood, all sorts of treaties in the wto framework.
Perhaps the more important distinction is "human person" vs "corporation"