Actually he said "This isn't a democracy" because Rick WAS the leader, and needed to make a decision...
I want to say somewhere in Season 2 they actually kind of established that it was no longer a democracy. Something about Herschel saying "if you're staying this isn't a democracy anymore" or some ****.
Just thought I'd clear that up.
OOPS, should have caught that, I was Drinking Shiner Bock
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