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How is a democracy like a lynch mob?

According to many, Democracy is a political system. It is a system where the people (or rather, the majority of the people) rule in all matters. This leads many to the conclusion that anything the majority decides must be the law of the land. After all, if Democracy is our system, and if that system states that "the People" (the majority) are the ultimate authority, then anything the majority of the people want must become law. A problematic side-effect of this view is that lynch mobs are then examples of properly functioning democratic bodies as no limits are placed on the scope of the decisions being made. Thus we see there is a fatal flaw in the concept that Democracy is, in and of itself, a complete system. Using Democracy as the sole component of a governmental system is like dropping a high-performance engine into a car, but leaving out the brakes and steering - it is woefully incomplete and dangerous!

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It was last updated on June 6, 2006 at 1:32:01 PM CDT.

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Comment made by Nathan Asbell on December 1, 2006 at 10:31:20 PM CST
Any democracy, which shall not exclude our quazi-democratic government, is completely dependent on the level of virtue of it's citizens. It is a sad case in history that when the majority of a people desire that which is wrong or evil, devistating results follow.

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