Comments on: Voter issue preferences have almost nothing to do with who gets elected or what gets passed as law https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/voter-issue-preferences-have-almost-nothing-to-do-with-who-gets-elected-or-what-gets-passed-as-law/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 28 May 2026 23:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Lucklucky https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/voter-issue-preferences-have-almost-nothing-to-do-with-who-gets-elected-or-what-gets-passed-as-law/comment-page-1/#comment-2633651 Lucklucky Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:54:26 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43580#comment-2633651 Liberty? Democracy? The two terms are not much compatible. Democracy is the vote of majority or one of major minorities do define what are the reasons to use State violence.

If an author wants to talk about Liberty, then it implies restriction of power and how much space for voluntarism there is in a society. Things that occur with because people decide in freedom to associate and make them not by law imposition.

Democracy has only been associated with Freedom for two reasons, historically helped destroy Ancient Regime and it is a functional to get rid of a ruler. But it is much more difficult to get rid of the myriad laws that Democracy created.

]]> By: Wang Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2018/06/voter-issue-preferences-have-almost-nothing-to-do-with-who-gets-elected-or-what-gets-passed-as-law/comment-page-1/#comment-2633262 Wang Wei Lin Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:00:33 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=43580#comment-2633262 If you ask the wrong questions you get the wrong answers. Achen, Bartels and the Chinese students are focused on democracy. Democracy is more rightly defined as a process that includes voting and representation (or not) among other things. The more proper Western approach would be to consider liberty and natural rights. The Western approach assumes that all people are equal and equally capable of self-government on the condition that there pre-exists a functional civil society on which to build. Tribalism, caste systems, oppressive religions and communism are incapable of providing a foundation for liberty or the protection natural rights.

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