NODE ea5f042aRe: Govt & cyberspace
Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>Tue, 4 Feb 1997 16:27:11 -0800 (PST)
Steve writes:
>Democracy is not without its significant shortcomings. If you doubt this
>read Tocquevelle.
Or Hayek. Democracy, after all, is majoritarian rule. Living under a
homogenous majority, with its whims and desires as law, would be more
oppressive than living under a benign dictatorship.
-Declan
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