Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was a "democracy".

LENIN = "Revolutionary Social Democracy"
American Socialists = "Democratic Socialism". What is the difference? The USSR held democratic referendums too; all of which increased the power of the central planners and reduced the individual to nothingness.

Democratic Socialism devolves into totalitarian Socialism and eventually into full on Communism as people resist statism.

Individuals can only volunteer their will. The collective has no rights if not by the use of force and coercion. Collectivism is not a collection of individuals; It is the complete denial of the individual and its rights. Socialism is not cooperation of individuals; it is the denial of individual rights and individual dignity.

Democratic Socialism is simply Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.

All Socialism is Democratic Socialism. Socialist nations take away civil liberties by referendum.