hello D1 -
I will follow you down your syllogistical rabbit-hole, even though it may be off with my head.

Prop 1: the average citizen of this or any nation is a person who does not go to Party rallies, does not wear Party T-shirts, does not chant Party slogans, is interested in a peaceful life and in low taxes, and can not spell ideolagy.

The Holy Grail is fairly easy to find when compared to "the average citizen". Reminds me of a Monty Python sketch that interviewed the "man in the street" with men standing in the middle of streets. Also reminds me of quantitative research that says after 2 000 responses your average satisfaction score is 7,5 this year, down on 7,6 last year, but better than 7,4 two years ago. Umm, yes. So I have no idea what this mythical creature does and doesn't do. I also know lots of folk do go to rallies, wear party t-shirts & believe in no taxes. They may not be average - they may not be the majority, but they are vocal - & the more opportunities to be vocal there are, the more noise they will make (whilst the silent majority make like aardvaarks & burrow underground)

Prop 2: if for my leader to put threat into your life he needed my assent – given freely, in privacy, and in awareness of resistance that you might mount and allures that you might offer – you will seldom face intolerable threat.

immediate gratification of needs is a powerful lure - so let's use all the coal we can, keeps electricity prices lower than renewables, someone else will figure out an answer to climate change. and let's cut taxes, run a big deficit, sort it out later. and let's nationalise mines/banks/land without compensation, give all a share (we'll print more money too). looking longer term can mean sacrifices now; you threaten my immediate gratification & I'll donner you.

Prop 3: to secure the rule of the average citizen the natural route is a web of political units, each answerable to its own voters, binding us in a free flow between joint control of our nation and separate interests in its parts.

Hang on, you said back a bit that D2 will never ask anyone to vote. So no votes, but voters - amongst the mythical "average" citizens... hmm, the Red Queen cometh & the gut is truly alarmed

Unless at least one of these propositions is wrong, Mike, the grumbling gut will have to still itself, no?

Back out of the rabbit hole, I do want to show myself wrong & am trying to think of precedent/ examples from history or nature. So far all I have come up with are Book-Clubs. Members pitch up, agree what to spend, buy books they enjoy that they think others might too & receive open feedback. If I am anywhere near the right track, can the world become a giant web of book-clubs? Or have a disappeared down a rabbit hole of my own making. Search & Rescue, please D1.