The Triadic form of democracy is delineated at the Top.

The Top of government furnishes the form of democracy while the Bottom of democracy 'lives' and nourishes the spirit of democracy. One cannot exist without the other. Nevertheless, the Bottom is the essence of democracy because it is constituted of millions of individuals who 'grant' the political power of Office. The Top cannot exist without a Bottom and the Bottom cannot exist without government. However, a Top without a correlative Bottom cannot exist as a government of the People. The reason for that is that although a Top may have power, if it does not get it from the Bottom, its not governmental power; it's illegal, unjustifiable power. There can be no justifiable power at the Top, if it does not originate from the entire Bottom. That would not be a government; it would be an 'illegal' usurpation of the Top, taken by force, fraud, or the substitution of some 'economic value' in lieu of a 'democratic value'. That may happen, if the 1% takes over government. Government by a 'few' over the Many at the Bottom based on an 'economic value' would not be a democracy. A plutocratic government is not a government that implements democratic values. That might be an oxymoron, or it's just a plain subjugation of the 'less fortunate' by the 'more fortunate'. The problematic is that democratic government is rule by democratic values not economic values. Once, 'governing' loses its direct connection to all the People at the Bottom, it loses its 'democratic form'. Once the democratic form is lost at the Top, the Bottom will lose its 'democratic spirit'. The end result of that could well lead to plain revolution, and I don't mean, 'justifiable assembly'. "Justifiable assembly" is democratic but in an illegally established government, it can serve as a 'strong' antidote to Plutocracy.