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Isn't "true democracy" a form of civilized mob rule? Why should individual sovereignty be forfeit in favor of the group sovereignty that is democracy? East Ge
by D9u 13y ago
Isn't "true democracy" a form of civilized mob rule?
Why should individual sovereignty be forfeit in favor of the group sovereignty that is democracy?
East Germany was another "Democratic Republic," which didn't turn out so well.
Is the fault with "democracy," or the "republic?" (these terms have little relevance to America's present political parties) Or is it some other aspect.
In my estimation, if a nation's citizens have no individual sovereignty, that nation cannot be properly referred to as a republic, yet such nations do fit the definition of "democracy" by virtue of the sovereignty enjoyed by the collective majority.
- asgard1024 13y agoEast Germany was only called "democratic republic", in reality it was neither. The fault isn't within those terms; the fault was that calling it that way was simply a lie. You also ask: "Why should individual sovereignty be forfeit in favor of the group sovereignty that is democracy?" Because we want to agree on certain things. Human societies have evolutionary advantage over independent sets of humans.