Theoretical Democracy is different from practical democracy.

It is very important to understand the difference between a theoretical Democracy and an actual, practical democracy. A theoretical democracy is merely a verbal 'postulation' or 'arrangement' of the structure of government and the 'political state' of the Nation. Its easy to have a theoretical Democracy at the Top of government, and its easy to 'talk' democracy, but its not so easy to have an 'actual' democracy at the Bottom of government. The reason should be obvious. The Top is general and hence linguistic in nature; whereas, the Bottom is actual, real, and practical in nature; not to mention that the Bottom includes millions of individuals. The relation between the Top and the Bottom must be a 'real' relation; in other words, it cannot just retain its theoretical import and never be reduced down to a practical, applicable, import at the Bottom. That's where the problematic enters, and that's where 'political language', with all its 'misty' meanings also enters. Political language is not an 'accurate' language, or, maybe I should say, is not always used in an accurate fashion. It has not been 'designed' by politicians to be accurate and we have already pointed out that 'persuasion' in politics 'draws' more from the 'advertising media'( persuasion in 'economic' affairs) than it does from the ideological stance of its politics. To be sure, Constitutional language is accurate, but it 'still' has to be interpreted and is 'still being interpreted'. ( here notice, the Citizens case) Hence, the 'problem' with 'political language' is language itself and its 'aversion' to 'practice'. Why is that the case? Because, theory is abstract and practice is real, and practice includes all the individuals at the bottom. We can 'talk' democracy and never 'do democracy'. But, keep in mind that the 'gap', is a necessary gap, and allows 'many things' to be said about theoretical democracy, that may sound 'too critical'; nevertheless, they are necessary. For some strange reason, People are always dividing themselves into separate groups,or Parties. But, it would seem that in a 'political situation', the necessity of 'unity' should be perceived. A nation cannot 'hold' together, if, its too 'divisive'. Great 'Numbers' in a 'condition of togetherness', are essential to the 'strength' of the bottom in any Nation. Hence, its also 'easy' to criticize the 'Top' of a Democracy, (or any other form of government); nevertheless, the Bottom of democracy has to 'live' democracy. One cannot 'live' democracy if s/he is not Free and Equal. Hence, the difference between the Theoretical and the Practical in politics.