The Ideological Political Logic of Democratic Politics

Both populaces and technocrats do not claim to represent, to stand for, any values or interests a part of society. But whereas the part is legitimate when it is opposed to another part, it is illegitimate when it isOpposed to the whole. And therefore this makes conflict itself illegitimate,. So it's a very different logic from the other one. Whereas the other one is horizontal and involves aand based on values and interests of groups within society. This one is vertical, becauseit opposes, presumptively, the interests and values of society as a whole, against those of some parts within it.So it's, there are very different logics, yes. I mean, we