It's important to distinguish between democracy and freedom -- altho' few people do. One is majority rule and the other is individual rights. Democracy is often mistaken, tyrannical, and evil -- individual liberty never is.
>>Democracy is often mistaken, tyrannical, and evil — individual liberty never is.<<
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That all depends on the individuals. Individual liberty without individual sense of responsibility creates chaos. This is the liberal philosophy: ‘If it feels good, it must be good, so do it’.
Our God-given freedom, as mentioned in the Constitution, implies that its recipients also believe in God and are willing to follow His statutes and not just ‘do their own thing’.