Initiatives v Oligarchy

Our Founders' Warning: “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.” (Thomas Jefferson)

Winnowing

To separate, and drive off, the chaff from by means of wind; to fan; as, to winnow grain. To sift, as for the purpose of separating falsehood from truth; to separate, as bad from good. (Courtesy of © DICT Development Group)