Our vote hasn't decided anything, ie, there was no power given to it - therefore it is not a demonstration of democracy.
Well, according to liberals, with a majority of scientists saying that global warming is true makes it so.
So if a majority of Bitcoin forum users believe that democracy is a bad idea, then it is. You must accept it. Laws must be put in place based on it. Taxes must be passed to deal with it.
Alternatively you could live in the real world.