Comments on: Three Arguments for Democracy https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/three-arguments-for-democracy/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:23:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/three-arguments-for-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1093384 Lucklucky Fri, 10 Jan 2014 04:24:04 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33973#comment-1093384 He mixes Democracy with Republic. Republic is a brake to Democratic power. Or if we are more precise the 4 years Democracy. Even less we should mix Democracy with Freedom, By definition, and now more than ever a Majority( or in fact a Major Minority) rule means tyranny of numbers, since current Democracy is increasingly moving to totalitarian power and reclaiming more and more power over people.

It is perfectly possible to have Republic with Democracy restricted to Votable Constitution and local Government.

But the the necessary rule is the Human Right of Conscience Objection to every law from the Majority. The power to say No is the power of Freedom. No is the Freedom word.

]]> By: T. Greer https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/three-arguments-for-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-1093280 T. Greer Fri, 10 Jan 2014 02:36:08 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=33973#comment-1093280 As I said on twitter, Milman’s three thoughts on democracy are a very good summary of how I see democracy, with the caveat that both of his points are stronger the closer the government is to the governed. Republicanism does not scale.

His critique of neoreaction is misguided. But that is to be expected, I suspect, until neoreaction becomes better known in mainstream circles.

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