Democracy and Heterocracy

Though 'autocracy' parses as 'self-rule', comparable to 'autonomy', it has come to mean, to the contrary, 'rule over others'.  Thus, a Democracy is literally a collective Autocracy, a characterization that is prone to misunderstanding in common parlance.  Still, unburdened by that distortion, is 'Heterocracy', meaning 'rule of others', in which 'of' can mean either 'by' or 'over'.  Thus, what is commonly known as 'Autocracy' is, literally, Heterocracy, and, likewise, Heterocracy is antithetical to Democracy. For example, someone who does not vote on the grounds that they are 'apolitical', is, rather, a Heterocrat, since, regardless of presumed indifference, is still conducting their life in accordance with the governance and laws of others, and, so, is anti-Democrat.