Dear Random Dudes on the Internet, We defined modern democracy decades ago. Not just voting. Includes protecting liberal freedoms, an independent judiciary, and more. Can be representative or direct. You can stop telling us it's actually a republic Thanks, Political Scientists
Your point is well taken, but it’s tangential to the post you replied to. I didn’t say anything about values. Just definition and classification. If a country chooses not to protect individual rights, some may think that’s better. But it’s not a democracy.
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Using your definition the United States was in a democracy the majority of its existence by virtue of not protecting the individual rights of minorities. That's my problem with it.
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By this definition, the US was not a democracy before women’s suffrage, and probably not until Civil Rights. At least not a full democracy.
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The idea that pure democracy is dangerous and should be constrained by liberalism (constitutionalism, separation of, ect) is not new. Unfortunately modern liberals often fail to argue the point because of our reliance on the liberal status quo. To our shame and perhaps defeat.
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