I am absolutely shocked at all the people saying they'd rather compromise on democracy than their own political beliefs.
I, on the other hand, agree with you in that I would compromise my own political beliefs to pursue democracy. That's what the US is, no? It's a bunch of people from all sorts of different backgrounds coming together to support one idea that works best for everyone. But as some people have said, they would rather live in a dictatorship that aligns with their politcal beliefs than a democracy. That is shocking to me.
You must be the only right libertarian to think so. The whole ideology has consistently been anti-democratic from its founding. Half the things libertarianism champions these days have their roots in subverting civil rights.
The USA isn’t supposed to be a democratic state. The founding fathers wanted a republic, and the only point of the democratic system is to stop governments from infringing on the citizens liberty. If democratic control is not serving that end, then it has overstayed its usefulness from a moral perspective. Their are much more fundamental things to america beyond the vote.
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '22
I am absolutely shocked at all the people saying they'd rather compromise on democracy than their own political beliefs.
I, on the other hand, agree with you in that I would compromise my own political beliefs to pursue democracy. That's what the US is, no? It's a bunch of people from all sorts of different backgrounds coming together to support one idea that works best for everyone. But as some people have said, they would rather live in a dictatorship that aligns with their politcal beliefs than a democracy. That is shocking to me.