As far as I'm concerned, demcent is boiled down to "freedom of thought, unity of action", by Lenin
And I think this sort of thing kinda reminds me especially of the U.S duopoly but not exclusive to it
Unless there's something else to it and correct if I'm wrong?
I guess it seems it was coincidental for it to be termed by MLs, prolly becuz of the political necessity of action, yet ideological attachment, during a time of organizational chaos for Bolsheviks...
But it's like, you hear pro-Trump and pro-Kamala people emphasizing the "unity in action" part PUBLICLY through guilt-tripping us to vote for their candidate an' aw
Like, for example "regardless of what you think of Kamala's policy for Gaza, Trump will be way more worse" or "if you don't vote for Trump, 100 million {redacted} will cross the border and eat yer pets"