Evening with Vladimir Solovyov (№ 420118)

The people elect the president. And the people trust the president. Not that narrow cohort that you, IM, are trying to protect. And this is called the rule of the people. Because if no one elected the president, but he is elected directly, therefore, it is the president who is endowed with all the power. And the president every time, going to the elections, receives confirmation of his mandate. And this is called democracy. And what you, IM, are trying to suggest, is a cunning system of elite agreements. And the main thing is that in your definition of democracy you move away from the main question: is democracy an end or a means? And if you don't answer this question, you will never come to the truth. And you will be dragged along in the wagon train of Western political thought.