> This is literally how democracy already works No it isn't. Suppose you have a country C with a legislature of 56 members. Suppose that legislature votes 35-

> This is literally how democracy already works No it isn't. Suppose you have a country C with a legislature of 56 members. Suppose that legislature votes 35-21 to impose a tax on whiskey. So, there is a now through a democratic decision-making process, a law on the books that says that you have to pay a certain amount to the government when you sell whiskey. Now suppose that the residents of some smaller area P of the country say "no." and decide to pick guns and torture the local government official who is responsible for organizing and collecting the tax. How does the will of the majority of the country (as expressed by the legislators' vote) actually result in the tax being paid? (For those unfamiliar with the relevant American history, the answer was that the government sent in an army to enforce collection of the tax. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskey_Rebellion)