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The alternative is a republic, which is supposed to protect the inalienable rights of the minority from the whims of the majority.
by RUG3Y 10y ago
The alternative is a republic, which is supposed to protect the inalienable rights of the minority from the whims of the majority.
- Arizhel 10y agoAre you one of those people who thinks a modern democratic republic somehow isn't democratic? Did you miss my whole line about constitutions and laws? Those are fundamentals of a modern democratic republic. Why is it that every time someone mentions a democracy, someone like you pops up and claims that a modern democracy isn't a democracy? Read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_republic Line 1: "A democratic republic is both a republic and a democracy." Furthermore, not all republics are democratic. North Korea and China are both republics, as is Iran. I already mentioned China in my previous post. Do you really think North Korea protects anyone's inalienable rights? Or Iran?
- RUG3Y 10y agoMaybe if someone always pops up to correct your vision of democracy, you're not communicating very well.
- Arizhel 10y agoI'm communicating just fine, you just seem to have no education. I suggest going back to school.
- madgar 10y agoYour first comment in this thread - in which you mention representatives in passing - suggests that you assume all "democracy" to come in the form of democratic republics. This might be true in a discussion of practical implementations of a scalable democratic governing system. The thread you responded to, however, was about a theoretical directly democratic system of managing land use rights, without any grounding in a realized system with elements of republicanism. The disconnect between the discussion at hand and the assumptions you brought to it (IMHO) caused the confusion between yourself and Arizhel. A more constructive comment from yourself might have instead politely pointed out that the scenario I described is a classic "tyranny of the majority" issue, a well understood failure mode of direct democracy that is indeed typically resolved practically through the features of republicanism you listed.
- sctb 10y agoPlease no personal attacks like this on Hacker News.