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Some say,
"This government can't be called undemocratic because it was elected"
and
"the will of the people" is all that matters.
But imagine you are 1 of 10 people in a room, and 6 vote to throw you out the window.
How does "the will of the people" sound now?
"This government can't be called undemocratic because it was elected"
and
"the will of the people" is all that matters.
But imagine you are 1 of 10 people in a room, and 6 vote to throw you out the window.
How does "the will of the people" sound now?
Something may be "the will of the people", yet still be wrong, even horrific...
...because others things are more important, more fundamental than a popular vote.
Like human rights.
...because others things are more important, more fundamental than a popular vote.
Like human rights.
No one's fundamental human rights - like the right to life in this case - can be removed by an election.
A political system of popular elections without respect for fundamental human rights is not a democracy.
It's a tyranny of the majority.
It's a tyranny of the majority.
Democracy is not simply voting once every few years; democracy depends on deep & lasting respect for human rights.
