Govt & cyberspace

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Tue Feb 4 15:56:41 PST 1997


Steve writes:

>Democracy is not without its significant shortcomings. If you doubt this
>read Tocquevelle.

Or Hayek. Democracy, after all, is majoritarian rule. Living under a
homogenous majority, with its whims and desires as law, would be more
oppressive than living under a benign dictatorship.

-Declan


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