Most people think “democracy” is that thing whereby all of us get to vote for mayor, congressman, and maybe a new tax hike or bond issue. For a lot of most rabidly “pro-democracy” folk on the Left, though, democracy means something completely different. It means that a mob of activists get to tell you how to raise your children.

“Democratize everything” is a terrifying and authoritarian mindset witnessing massive new popularity. It’s behind cancel culture. It’s behind the culture-war efforts to crush conservative and religious institutions. It’s behind the Marxism ascendant in Western nations.