To: Madame de Winter
Democracy is a bad thing, yes. Because a democracy, by it's very nature, quickly turns into Mobocracy. When it's "Majorty Rule" then individual Rights can be stomped by the majority.
In a constitutional republic, however, the theory is that Individual Rights are not at the mercy of the majority.
Make sense?
798 posted on
10/20/2003 8:54:31 PM PDT by
Chad Fairbanks
(Francis Scott Key was a One-Hit Wonder)
To: Chad Fairbanks
Well explained.
799 posted on
10/20/2003 8:56:40 PM PDT by
OWK
To: Chad Fairbanks
But isn't jim arguing for majority rule?
To: Chad Fairbanks
Democracy is a bad thing.
Can I quote you on that?
To: Chad Fairbanks
Democracy is a bad thing, yes. Because a democracy, by it's very nature, quickly turns into Mobocracy. I think the problem a lot of Freepers have is that they confuse "Democracy" with "mob rule." There's no real difference between a constitutional Democracy and a constitutional republic. Or am I missing something?
982 posted on
10/21/2003 6:15:07 AM PDT by
Modernman
("I'm just a simple man, trying to make my way in the universe."- Jango Fett)
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