Re: Down With Democracy?

From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 10:32:10 MDT

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Mike Lorrey wrote:

> Miriam English wrote:
>...
>
> Tyranny of the majority in a low trust society will always result in the
> growth of influence of communist/socialist groups.
> ...

Tyranny of the majority is bad, but it doesn't compare to
tyranny of the minority. The only solution I know of is to some
how restrict the powers of governments. This is usually
temporary, as governments are quite clever about circumventing
such rules.

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