Conservative Kristallnacht

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rocketpig said:

Rath said:
Manus is right about overthrowing a democratic government. The government in power is the government elected by the people. Why? Because you're overthrowing a majority government for a minority ideal - otherwise you'd be able to vote in the government that you want.

Essentially you would become the tyrants ruling the majority which I'm fairly sure isn't what the writers of your constitution had in mind - I think they were more concerned with overthrowing tyrants.

That is not entirely true. There are plenty of examples of a majority-ruled government oppressing the minority so severely that drastic measures must be taken, the extreme form being a coup. You don't even have to look far to see examples of it (eg. slavery in the US).

There are plenty of reasons to overthrow a Democracy, just less reasons than most other forms of government.

Thank you.

Just because you have a majority-elected, Democratic government does not mean that its not succeptible to corruption and tyrany.

Think about it this way: If Bush would have repealed the laws for a 3rd term in office, and won, somehow, do you think that would have been majority rule? Democratic instituions are still made of humans, therefore corruptible. We just passed a sweeping healthcare bill that was opposed by the majority of Americans (and I can provide many polls that show this), and ratified by many members of congress that were paid off for their votes (not just the Louisiana Purchase, or the Cornhusker deal, but we're now learning that Stupak and the pro-lifers were bought off with nearly $4b USD of earmarks). Was that democracy in action?

Admittedly, I don't think such actions are deserving of death, or the overthrow of government, but the question begs to be asked: How far is too far? After all, Hugo Chavez was elected in a democratic election, and Venezuala is still a democracy, but you cannot convince me that the people are the ones in control of the government.