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You can have an illiberal democracy. Democracy is about the will of the people, which can be very especially illiberal, because in a majority rules situation th
by version_five 5y ago
You can have an illiberal democracy. Democracy is about the will of the people, which can be very especially illiberal, because in a majority rules situation the minority's view doesn't matter. Liberal democracies have strong constitutions or similar norms that prevent tyrannies of the majority.
- LegitShady 5y agoIf the will of the people can be silenced for being offensive to those in power, there can be no valid democracy because there are people who literally cannot present their opinion to see it fairly represented. How many times do we see tyrants 'elected' with 100% of the vote in 'democracies'? Do they count as democracies?