Both, the Top and the Bottom, in a Democratic Nation, are important; The Top must follow the Constuitution; the Bottom must 'live democracy'.

Both the Top and the bottom are important in a Democracy, and furthermore, both must remain 'active'. By that ,I mean, both must play their roles within the social. The Top acts in a 'Representative" manner and the Bottom lives 'democratically. The Top follows the 'structure' and the 'laws' set by the Constitution, and which have been established by Constitutional adjudication. The establishment and subsequent evolution of 'democracy' did not take place, on one bright and sunny day. It took years and, to our shame, some issues have not yet been resolved. One of those issues is the issue of race. The issue was Constitutionally decided by the Supreme Court, in Brown vs. Board of Education, some 60 years ago. One has to ask, what has taken so long to implement the Decision within a Democratic society? Consider, the Citizens United Decision of just a few years back. Immediately after the decision, the economic sector set itself up, immediately, to begin pouring lots of money into political campaigns. Why didn't that happen with Brown vs. Board? Well, Discrimination against Black people existed within the early Colonies for a long time. Not until Brown did the Court recognize the freedom and equality of the Black race, but only after long battles in the schools and in the public domain. Nevertheless, the problem of racial inequality within the political system is still with us. How strange, Dictatorships don't recognize the equality of the human condition, because they 'discriminate' against all races, except for the individuals at the Top. To them, its a power game. To the contrary, democratic values purport to recognize the Freedom and Equality of the human condition, but they discriminate against the members of some races, and espouse the superiority of the White race. How strange, Autocrats say, we, the Leaders are superior human beings, and the Democrats say, everyone is equal but, the white race is the superior race. Neither of the two, seems to understand that Government is a 'man-made' institution, and it would not exist, but for the human condition, which consists of all races. People need Government, but, not a Government, that elevates itself to glorious heights and then claims a Superiority of the political. The Autocrats claim superiority at the Top; the Top of 'power'; Democrats claim equality and freedom for all, at the Top; but the white race remains superior at the Bottom. The Autocrats discriminate at the Top, the people in a democracy discriminate at the Bottom. Both are wrong, because the Top would not exist but for the people at the Bottom, and the Bottom is the source of all power in every 'political institution'. This fact points to the fact that in some Democracies, its the people who are the source of many of the prejudices in the social and in government. The people in a democracy have duties also; they have a duty to 'live' democracy, not just pay it lip service.