Must democracy be spiritually empty?

An interesting post from the Belmont Club. I'll come back and comment on this later-- I think there's an important discussion here.

UPDATE: The commentary on this post at The Belmont Club is really excellent-- I highly recommend it. My thoughts on the piece? It's a really simple argument-- democracy, of course, is a form of government, which itself is a form of religion, which itself is a form of economy, which itself is a form of spirituality. I assume that this should be obvious to everyone. Therefore, quite naturally, democracy is always infused with spirituality. Duh.

20 bucks to the reader who can best fill in the missing premises. I'll have mine for you by Wednesday.