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What you describe is "dictatorship of the majority"; at least over here, when people talk about democracy, they mean "liberal democracy", i.e. as Wikipedia puts
by ptaipale 10y ago
What you describe is "dictatorship of the majority"; at least over here, when people talk about democracy, they mean "liberal democracy", i.e. as Wikipedia puts it, a variant of representative democracy that may include elements such as political pluralism; equality before the law; the right to petition elected officials for redress of grievances; due process; civil liberties; human rights; and elements of civil society outside the government.
- fiatjaf 10y agoSo we never had any example of "liberal democracy" in the entire history. I don't know of a single government that hasn't taken money from some citizens against their will to use it in benefit of other citizens.
- ptaipale 10y agoIf you're equating "liberal democracy" with "no taxation", then we're talking about a different thing. That's not what I quoted above.
- fiatjaf 10y agoYou quoted "equality before the law". I don't see how people can be equal if some are taxed and the money is given to others. I know you must be thinking that "equality before the law" is just to have a clear law like "everybody will be taxed if they meet so and so requirements" and apply that to everybody, but consider that a law could be written in exactly that same way, but instead saying "every people will be taxed if they are black". The distinctions the law make are arbitrary.