How does democracy serve the varied needs of its citizens when forming public policy

the people are citizens of the democratic state, not its subjects. ... More specifically, in democracies, these fundamental or inalienable rights include freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion and conscience, freedom of assembly, and the right to equal protection before the law.

Explanation:

supplies had to travel a long distance across water on ships that were often attacked, so they did not reach europe