It's easy to argue we don't really live in a democracy. Plenty of laws and regulations go against the majority to favour a few powerful entities (think about copyright laws, healthcare in the US).
That said, the alternative to democracy is not necessary the increasingly authoritarian governments we see around the world. If we gave more power and freedom to the individual and less to the state, we could have more freedom without democracy.
Democracy after all is the dictatorship of the majority on the minority. Why not just have any entity controlling the lives of others?
That said, the alternative to democracy is not necessary the increasingly authoritarian governments we see around the world. If we gave more power and freedom to the individual and less to the state, we could have more freedom without democracy.
Democracy after all is the dictatorship of the majority on the minority. Why not just have any entity controlling the lives of others?