alt Hacker NewsI'm not sure the next batch of schoolgirls getting bombed will particularly care whether the choice was made "democratically" or not.
I also won't particularly care about the distinction when AI is inevitably used to enact violence on the US population.
Agreed--but so what? If you believe in democracy, you work within democratic means to enact your views. If you don't believe in democracy and use violence outside the system, then you are an enemy of democracy.