Democratic Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs about democracy that dominate political discourse—the often-unexamined assumptions that elections confer legitimacy, that representation works, that majority rule is just, that democratic procedures produce good outcomes, and that liberal democracy is the end of political history. Democratic orthodoxy includes commitments: that voting is the primary political act, that citizens are informed and rational, that elected officials represent their constituents, that checks and balances prevent tyranny, that democracy and capitalism are compatible, that alternatives to democracy are authoritarian. Like all orthodoxies, it provides a framework for political understanding, but it functions as ideology—making particular democratic arrangements seem natural and inevitable, obscuring democracy's limitations (exclusion, inequality, corporate power, voter manipulation), and delegitimizing critiques that question whether current institutions are truly democratic. Democratic orthodoxy determines what political arrangements are considered "legitimate," what reforms are "realistic," and who counts as a "good democrat" versus a threat to democracy.

Example: "He couldn't see how campaign finance makes a mockery of representation—not because he'd examined the evidence, but because democratic orthodoxy had made him believe that elections automatically produce democracy. The orthodoxy's power is making the form feel like the substance."

by Dumu The Void March 17, 2026

World Democratic Centralism

World Democratic Centralism is a practice in which political decisions reached by voting processes are binding upon all members of the world political party or of the world political council or committee. World democratic centralism is considered as the centralist wing of World Federalism, where the world democratic institutions would be able to take political decisions on the same model as democratic centralism such as the world political parties would adopt democratic centralist practices for their administrations and decisions.

"World democratic centralism is advocated by left world federalists and by several world federalists who agree there should be a party system at world level such as have a centralized world administration for deal with the world as a unified country where it is becoming necessary nowadays."

by Full Monteirism March 22, 2021

The Democratic Party

a political party run by evil little scoundrels.

The Democratic Party is evil.

by skibidicum69 October 6, 2024

Liberal Democratic Orthodoxy

The established, institutionalized set of beliefs that define mainstream liberal democracy—the often-unexamined assumptions about elections, representation, rights, and the relationship between liberalism and democracy. Liberal democratic orthodoxy includes commitments: that elections confer legitimacy, that representation works, that rights protect freedom, that liberal and democratic values align, that liberal democracies are fundamentally just, and that the liberal democratic model is the end of political history. Like all orthodoxies, it provides a framework for political understanding, but it can function as ideology—making liberal democratic arrangements seem natural and inevitable, obscuring their limitations (exclusion, inequality, corporate power), and delegitimizing alternatives. Liberal democratic orthodoxy determines what counts as "democratic" versus "authoritarian," what political arrangements are "legitimate," and who counts as a "real" democrat versus a threat to democracy.

Example: "He couldn't see how liberal democracies might themselves be sites of oppression—not because he'd examined the question, but because liberal democratic orthodoxy had made critique of democracy itself unthinkable. The orthodoxy's power is making its objects immune to fundamental critique."

by Dumu The Void March 17, 2026

Post-Democratic Theokakifascoligatocracy

The clusterfuck of Theocracy, Kakistocracy, Fascism, Oligarchy, and Corporatocracy that the American government is becoming, all stemming from the dismissal of democracy and the use of unfair and outdated vote counting processes like gerrymandering and the Electoral College that give greater power to smaller states per capita and whiter populations per congressional district.

"What is going on in the big ol' USofA these days?"

"Oh, not much. It's just becoming a Post-Democratic Theokakifascoligatocracy. No biggie."

by P E N G U I N August 30, 2025

Southern mother fucking democratic republicants

This is a line from the Hamilton movie

Let's show these people who there up against ohhhhhh southern mother fucking democratic republicants

by Christiano Ronaldo or Messi su August 4, 2022

sahrawi arab democratic republic

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) is a part of Morocco until it revolted and they are both still at war.

Person 1: "I stand for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic"
Person 2: "You mean Western Sahara, right?"

by mr man the science man April 14, 2023