If You Support Democracy, You Can’t Support Anything Else. Literally.

Maybe I’m just jaded, but democracy doesn’t seem to be working very well lately.

Brexit. Trump. Boris. People seem to LOVE voting for stuff that’s not in their interest. And we have to shrug it off and say: hey, that’s democracy!

Meanwhile, we pour scorn on non-democratic countries. How awful, we say. How can their people ever be free if they don’t get to check a box every five years?

Democracy is sometimes described as the least-worst form of government. But I don’t even think that’s true. A benevolent dictatorship, able to act unilaterally in everyone’s best interests, would be the best form of government. But maybe until we find someone immune to the corruption of absolute power, democracy will have to do.

But there’s a more significant issue with democracy. Not only does it produce poor results, but it means that if you support democracy, you should support those results too. Essentially, a paradox.

The Democratic Paradox

What is democracy? It’s a system where people have an equal say in the decision making progress. And the outcome of those people’s decision is binding. So an election is a democratic process. As is a referendum.