Weird that we're having the same discussion on two different threads, I suppose I started it. > If by democratic you mean freedom to form outrage mobs then I'd

Weird that we're having the same discussion on two different threads, I suppose I started it. > If by democratic you mean freedom to form outrage mobs then I'd agree, but I don't think that would be a good thing. I don't think it would be an objectively good thing either. I only think it may be better than the alternative. Given a choice between an authoritarian dictatorship and an authoritarian democracy, I lean toward the latter. Additionally, I think you may not be giving people enough credit. Devolution of democracy to mob rule is certainly a danger, but I don't know that it's a foregone conclusion. I don't how to go about preserving individual liberty without privacy, but as long as the common man has power it should be possible in theory.