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Even if 100 percent of the electorate had given the politicians a mandate to kill drug dealers it would not be okay. Democracy does not trump human rights and
by flexie 10y ago
Even if 100 percent of the electorate had given the politicians a mandate to kill drug dealers it would not be okay.
Democracy does not trump human rights and rule of law.
- epaga 10y agoI fully agree that it doesn't - but the million dollar follow-up question to that is: Why does it not?
- t0rb3n 10y agoYou're wrong in agreeing that it does not, democracy is a perverted form of government (see Aristotle). That's why most countries implement a constitutional republic or something similar instead.