Language can be used to distort democracy

Probably, the most misused words in democracy are the words "Equal" and "Free". Truly, every individual in a democracy is "free" and "equal". Many people claim that we are not free because we cannot do whatever we please and because some have more than others. Hey, yes we can do whatever we please, but the requirement that we remain within the parameters of law are properly placed lines of allowable behavior designed to allow full interaction among millions of other human beings with the same rights and the same dignity. True, sometimes laws are unfair. In that case we have to change that particular law, but continue to live within a democratic framework delineated by just laws. With respect to the word "equal", some people say we are not equal because the Other has more money or owns more property and hence has more 'power'.("Power" is another word misused in democratic government). Well, 'equality' in a democratic context means equally human. The human condition identifies each and every individual living on the planet. In a real democracy that humanity and dignity is respected. "Equality" has nothing to do with the amount of money one has or the amount of property one owns. Of course, that has many advantages, but that's mostly because we have co-mingled economic values with democratic values. Everyone born is born into existing 'conditions of togetherness'. Although the 'condition of togetherness' we all find ourselves in is not of our choosing, in a democracy, government must 'protect' that 'condition of togetherness'. It must treat each and every individual as a 'dignified human being', hence every individual is equal to the Other individual. There are no distinctions in the human condition and the government should not make any. Now, why should government treat each individual as "Equal" and "Free"? Because government is the Top of an 'artificial body' created to govern the Many at the Bottom. (The "State" was called a fiction many years ago). The essence of democracy are the People at the Bottom and their "freedom", "Equality" and humanity must be protected. The "power" at the Top is a given of the structure; the individual who governs does not have more "power" than you or I, only his/her office has the power to govern. That power is accompanied by a job s/he has to perform. Failing that, in a democracy, s/he incurs the 'Constitutional wrath' of all the People at the Bottom.