Personally I'd like to see democracy itself disappear. Something being popular doesn't mean it is right. Even with all its faults, STEEM is doing better than every other social media and in terms of the quality of the experience because of stake based voting. But just having a stake is still not perfect. Governance must be based on clear principles and mainly just a preservation of the NAP.
If popularity meant anything giving awards to art is pretty easy. you'll just have to look at the sales/revenue charts.
You been drinking tonight?
Why? I've always been against the disease called democracy which is a scam that say wisdom is only good as ignorance. Sure, Communism, fascism etc. are much worse. But democracy is a terrible things with few exceptions like small like minded communities with direct democracy. As a form of mas governance i is just cancer. Even the founding fathers of USA were against such madness. But unfortunately so many idiots actually believe democracy is part of the identity of America. It's a sad thing to see.
I just couldn't see the link between democracy going into a conversation about Steemit.