full quote is "Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, vox populi, vox dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.”
— shauna (@goldengateblond) November 20, 2022
it translates to:
"Do not listen to those who say the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the tumult of the crowd is always close to madness." pic.twitter.com/K77VU6eUrB
It turns out that's not really the "full quote"; it's somebody's commentary on "vox populi, vox dei." Nevertheless, "vp, vd" is a flawed concept. You can't always be governed by a majority belief. If something is the wrong thing to do, a poll to the contrary doesn't change that fact. For example, I believe that Ukraine deserves to be supported in its resistance to Russian aggression, and I believe that's an objective truth. If a poll runs 9 to 1 that the U.S. and the West should stop supporting Ukraine, all that means is that the poll is wrong. If a January 6, 2020 poll ran 9 to 1 that Mike Pence should be hanged, all that means is that the poll is wrong. You may not agree with policy decisions that Joe Biden has made, but he has most certainly not committed any "high crimes or misdemeanors," and if a poll runs 9 to 1 that he should be impeached -- yes, you guessed it: The poll is wrong.
An aside: How many of those votes were bots? And how easily could this poll be gamed?
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