Consent of the governed

I've had this thought that keeps reoccurring to me throughout these last few years. 'You can't inflict democracy'. It just dawned on me why this should be true. This from our Declaration of Independence via Wikipedia:

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

If the people don't want it, its not democracy!!!