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Your conflating two unrelated issues: (1) Liking or disliking democracy (2) Liking or disliking certain policies that may be taken under democracy, or under a
by sandov 8y ago
Your conflating two unrelated issues:
(1) Liking or disliking democracy
(2) Liking or disliking certain policies that may be taken under democracy, or under an authoritarian regime.
A country could democratically ban the use of cars, that doesn't mean that everyone who is against democracy loves using cars.
- stcredzero 8y agoA country could democratically ban the use of cars It depends on how this is done. If this is done in a way which tightens centralized control of the populace, then it could be quite anti-democratic.
- 0x8BADF00D 8y agoThat’s the only way it can be done. Otherwise, how do you enforce it?
- stcredzero 8y agoI doubt that any such blanket bans could be democratic. Banning cars from city centers could be. In times of crisis, cars become untenable in any case. A car can help guarantee your freedom in a crisis in a low population area. In a crisis in a city, it's often useless.
- 0x8BADF00D 8y agoWhat about plastic straws? :)
- gowld 8y agoIf 51% of the population destroy the 49%'s cars, that's a crude form of democracy. (or at least "majority rule", whichmost people misuse as the definition of 'democracy')
- stcredzero 8y agoThis is why the US system is constructed as a republic. It's explicitly designed to also curb the totalitarianism of the majority.
- sandov 8y agoSorry for the "your", I just noticed it.
- viburnum 8y agoHey man, it's not me that's doing the conflating, it's Hayek.