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democracy for the few...
Posted by: bill on March 25, 1999 at 11:31:40:
In Reply to: democracy of more than one is dictatorship posted by Gee on March 24, 1999 at 15:27:16:
:It doesnt really matter where it comes from, if other people can decide and enforce an action with which the subject does not agree its a defacto dictatorship. This differs from rich men buying all the bananas and 'denying' the opportunity to buy them to the other fellow, the difference is in the dynamic - the lack of coercive enforcement.--- But if I don't agree that the rich man is entitled to buy or possess all the bananas, what then? The dispute will usually be adjudicated by the law. The law is then backed up by the police. This resembles a coercive force. "Well", you might say, "we all must agree to abide by laws, else how would society function?" Precisely. Now then, who writes the laws?
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