15 Jan
2011
15 Jan
'11
4:39 p.m.
Hi Dave - On Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:53 -0500, "Dave Kearns" <dave@davekearns.com> wrote:
But Robin, in a democracy the state's actions are supposedly a reflection of the citizens' desires. Alternatively, a majority of the citizens can enact (or repeal) statutory powers.
In principle, perhaps. In practice: (1) "democracy" currently usually means "representative democracy", where those elected derive their mandate from having been elected, and the decisions they make once in power are not subject to any citizen input... (2) in a lot of modern democracies, it's an awful long time since those elected won the votes of majority of their citizens. Yrs., Robin Robin Wilton +44 (0)705 005 2931