The original, most potent form of democracy is in the relationship between art and consumer.

Artists live in full contact with their environment, expressing their experiences as accurately as possible. The consumer decides which are most valuable. Their decisions slowly adapt the society and culture we live in.

From Louis XIV we got baroque, and from Louis XVI, rococo. Today, from lawyers, academics, and politicians we have our modern art where the explanation is more important than the work.

This decision spreads throughout every aspect of our society and culture. To where even our sports have become a reflection of this trait, as referees and TV announcers must spend several minutes explaining why something a player did, or didn’t do, was wrong.

The average person in our society is no longer making informed choices about the art they consume, thus the society and culture we are creating, they are simply accepting the justifications as to why they should consume the “art” that is offered. And since what is offered is designed to satisfy deep psychological fantasies, there are no complaints.

Our routines and behaviors are far more potent and effective at expressing our beliefs than tattoos and jewelry and memes and T-shirts slogans.