Choiceocracy

For rule to be just, the ruled must consent,

So say advocates of democracy,

That proposition has my strong assent,

But now it suffers from hypocrisy.

Consent is doubtful when it's collective,

It's realer when it's individual,

In backing freedom we're too selective,

True choice is not a vote's residual.

Maximum feasible freedom of choice,

For minorities as well as the crowd,

Pick a polity where you can rejoice,

That's a system of which we could be proud.

Democracy has been liberty's lance,

Choiceocracy can help freedom advance.