• j_overgrens@feddit.nl
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    3 days ago

    democracy is a mechanism for selecting leadership

    No, it’s not. Or well, it’s more than that – especially ideologically. Quod omnes tangit, ab omnibus approbari debet – “what concerns everyone must be approved by everyone”.

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      what concerns everyone must be approved by everyone

      Democracies don’t function this way. Majoritarian rule regionally occurs in defiance of some portion of the public citizenry.

      Depending on how the Democracy is organized bureaucratically, it may even be the majority of the citizenry.