https://theloop.ecpr.eu/actualised-democracy-and-the-challenge-of-becoming-the-democratic-citizens-it-needs/
In the essay linked above, psychologist Fathali M. Moghaddam argues that "actualised democracy does not exist – yet. And this is because we have not yet achieved the psychological portrait of the democratic citizen in a demographically broad or especially multiracial sense."
To get there, Maghaddam avers, we each need to all get better at practising ten characteristics of thought which he sees as integral to manifesting (bringing about) the possibility of an individual behaving/being a democratic citizen.
These ten characteristics are given as follows:
1. "I could be wrong"
2. "I must critically question everything"
3. "I must revise my opinion as the evidence requires"
4. "I must seek to better understand those who are different from me"
5. "I can learn from those who are different from me"
6. "I must seek information and opinions from as many different sources as possible"
7. "I should be actively open to new experiences"
8. "I should be open to creating new experiences for others"
9. "There are principles of right and wrong"
10. "Not all experiences are of equal value"
Would you question any of these characteristics, want to change/rephrase one or more, or add to this list?
https://theloop.ecpr.eu/actualised-democracy-and-the-challenge-of-becoming-the-democratic-citizens-it-needs/
Don't You think, dear Jean-Paul, that the tenth principle, that not all experiences are of equal value, discriminate and marginalize the big segments of population or separate individuals? - how then democracy can be built? This principle only on the surface seems not to be harmful, but in reality it is not.