Can we just cut to the chase? There is no point to this thread because this site will never be a democracy. As long as an admin has their name attached to the site in some way, that admin should have the (non-democratic) discretion to take actions like the ones laid out here:
As a recent example involving doxxing and moderation, I do not care what users vote on regarding doxxing - it is never going to be ok and it is (hopefully) never going to go unmoderated regardless of votes. The same should be true for other items laid out in the terms of service. As a topic that hasn’t generated recent controversy, the same is true for inline NSFW images.
That is not an exhaustive list of things that are not up for democratic vote. If this seems like too much of a dictatorship, I will happily pass along admin rights and hosting privileges to whoever the community selects.