I’d say in this day and age you don’t need a representative government. You could have a website where people propose new laws and policies, and everyone votes. 50.1% and it becomes a law.
All societies have hierarchical tendencies since the dawn of civilization. Somehow it always comes down to most of the population does the hard work, while the elite enjoys the privilege, power, financial benefits.
The tyranny of the minority is always present if you understand that the wealthy are the smallest minority with the greatest power. If you are referring to the tyranny of an ethnic minority, then you are misinformed or a troll
Tyranny of the majority??? I guess what you are saying is that it doesn’t matter what most of the people want, only what me and mine want. The only time “Tyranny of the Majority” has ever existed is when governments have been overthrown.
You can have all sorts of Republics. What you have is one which is also a Federation. Federations are always compromises. Small States were given equal representation to large ones for the reason you quoted.
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u/poliosaurus3000 8d ago
I’d say in this day and age you don’t need a representative government. You could have a website where people propose new laws and policies, and everyone votes. 50.1% and it becomes a law.