Quote Originally Posted by ThePreserver View Post
That's why I don't support strict democracy. It's the will of the 50% +1 imposing their views on the will of the 50% -1. People go with what suits their needs best, which many times isn't freedom. Liberty is the best equalizer of all people in the long run when under a proper Republic. Rome had a similar beginning and end in their Republic; it began with educated, concerned men who wanted the best for their people, but eventually corruption seized control and they became an Empire. What's any different here? Corruption became the ruling class and we now face a Empire that we cannot afford to maintain.
But even republicanism (not the party but the principle) is about the "common good" and the "public welfare." Whether it is 99% or 51% is just a matter of numbers, not of principle.