![]() There are many examples of tyranny of the majority in politics, in fact in EVERY vote in which there is a single vote opposed to the majority we could define as a tyranny of the majority. However this also creates a problem that the minority may be tyrannised by the majority (tyranny of the majority). In either type of democracy, for any action to take place it must be supported by the majority of the votes, ensuring that the majority of the people support the action. In a representative democracy the people do not participate or vote themselves, but rather they elect a representative to do this on their behalf. Today however we use a type of democracy we call ‘representative democracy’. In a direct democracy, citizens (those eligible to vote) participated directly in the government, for example they voted themselves in the assembly. The original Greek democracy was what is now called ‘direct democracy’. The word ‘democracy’ can be used to define any state where the people have power as opposed to in a ‘liberal democracy’ which denotes the concept of democracy together with both autonomy and capitalism. Today it is largely used interchangeably with the concept of ‘liberal democracy’ however there is a crucial difference. ![]() Traditionally it is said to mean rule by the people, however there is no universal definition on what constitutes a democracy. ![]() The word democracy comes from the Greek words demos meaning people, and krátos meaning power. Share this: Facebook Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsApp ![]()
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