Let’s call all this by the correct name: liberalism, not democracy.
… (I)t is very clear that in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same.The Democrats for centuries, literally, have been regarding democracy as a collective totalitarian ideology antithetical to individual rights. Is there another definition for democracy that makes it not so?
They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members.
Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. …
— Woodrow Wilson, “Socialism and Democracy”