From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 16:27:11 -0800 (PST)
To: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Govt & cyberspace
Message-ID: <199702050027.QAA08736@toad.com>
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Steve writes:

>Democracy is not without its significant shortcomings. If you doubt this
>read Tocquevelle.

Or Hayek. Democracy, after all, is majoritarian rule. Living under a
homogenous majority, with its whims and desires as law, would be more
oppressive than living under a benign dictatorship.

-Declan


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