Democracy does not mean that a bare majority—or in 2025 America’s case, a plurality—can break any law they feel like and no one else has any rights.
There are dozens of democracies in the world, and none operate that way. It wouldn’t make sense, and no one actually thinks of democracy like that.
There are dozens of democracies in the world, and none operate that way. It wouldn’t make sense, and no one actually thinks of democracy like that.
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One bears at least some responsibility for the foreseeable consequences of one's actions.
Umberto Eco noted that fascist culture is a syncretism that must tolerate contradictions. Or as Orwell put it:
But now, in true Orwellian fashion, the anti-democrats claim to be it.