> The question that needs to be answer is how far democracy is willing to go outside of democratic bounds to preserve itself. Leaving aside all inaccuracies th

> The question that needs to be answer is how far democracy is willing to go outside of democratic bounds to preserve itself. Leaving aside all inaccuracies that are unavoidable in political situations: Philosophy spent quite some time thinking about this: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/ https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/dirty-hands/