民主是一种团体决策机制。当一个团体的成员在目际、价值观、意见上有分歧需要共同作出决定时,唯一的办法就是遵循民主的原则,也就是按预定的程序和多数人的意见做出决定。“多数决定”可以有不同百分比的多数,如简单多数、三分之二以上多数。联合国安理会在“实质问题”上投票时,议案的通过需经安理会常任理事国“百分之百多数“的同意。民主并不在于一定做出正确决定,而在于可以按照预定程序(如实行领导人的限任制、选举、提出不信任案、罢免、公民投票等)及时地或比较及 Democracy is a group decision-making mechanism. When the members of a group have to make joint decisions on differences of purpose, values ​​and opinions, the only way to do so is to follow the principle of democracy, that is, to make decisions according to the prescribed procedures and the opinions of the majority. The “majority decision” can have a majority of different percentages, such as a simple majority or a two-thirds majority. When the UN Security Council votes on “substantive issues,” the passage of the bill requires the approval of the “one hundred percent” permanent members of the Security Council. Democracy does not mean that the correct decision must be made, but that it can be done in a timely manner or in accordance with the prescribed procedures (such as the limitation of office of the leader, election, no confidence case, recall, referendum, etc.)