Literature
Democracy, an Elitist Totalitarianism
Just to make some things perfectly clear based on evidence:
Not all people are kind and smart because If they where, then democracy is pointless,
whoever would rule would be fair and kind and make sure that the government serves its citizens that pay their hard earned taxes. It is Obviously Not the case!
Most people are are not kind and smart, if they where, a government would not be able to enslave them and use their taxes against them no matter what the the political system.
I say kind and smart because one of the two is not enough to make the right decisions,
A kind fool can be destructive to others as can a smart evil person.
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So now that this is out of the way and we acknowledge that the majority of the population is not both kind and smart enough to know what the collective good is.
The core idea of a Democracy is that the majority rules.
But we already established that the majority is