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Question: Do you believe that people are universally able to govern themselves via a democratic system?
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politicus
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« on: October 23, 2014, 07:44:30 PM »
« edited: October 23, 2014, 07:54:47 PM by politicus »
Quote from: Deus Naturae on October 23, 2014, 07:39:29 PM
False premise. Democracy has nothing to do with the electorate "governing itself." Democracy is about the majority governing the whole. There are some situations in which this is clearly not desirable.

Not necessarily. You can have a government with proportional representation of all the major parties as in Switzerland (especially 1959-2008), or power sharing between ethnic groups as in Northern Ireland or Bosnia (not efficient, but still democratic).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_formula
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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2014, 12:56:16 PM »
« Edited: October 25, 2014, 04:24:43 PM by politicus »
Quote from: DC Al Fine on October 25, 2014, 12:33:03 PM
No of course not. Democracy is only good insofar as its relatively good at protecting people's rights. If the population has no problem infringing on rights and liberties, we should give other systems a look.

So you don't think the people has a moral right to choose who governs them?
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