This opens another long conversation.
Assuming we "agree" and "know" what democratic means and also that it's a good thing, the debate is: if it's not democratic (?) then the people don't count.
This means that billions of people in history, everywhere, never had a say on anything for millenia.
Which I obviously think is not the case.
There is support and consensus in all power structures, regardless how much "democratic" they are.
Leaderism is bad thinking :)