{"id":13765,"date":"2023-07-27T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/?p=13765"},"modified":"2023-08-02T17:46:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T20:46:14","slug":"821-democracy-reconsidered-in-the-light-of-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/13765","title":{"rendered":"821 &#8211; Democracy reconsidered\u2014in the light of freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/821-DemocracyCollapse-168x100-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13766\" \/><audio controls preload=\"none\"><source src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/BROADCASTS\/20230727-justRIGHT-821-DEMOCRACYreconsidered-InTheLightOfFREEDOM.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><br \/>\nThe manipulation of language and definitions is the primary tool of state control and tyranny.  <strong>Arbitrarily replacing established definitions with anti-concepts makes for effective propaganda. The words &#8220;democracy&#8221; and &#8220;freedom&#8221; are perhaps two of the most manipulated concepts in this regard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example, witness <strong>Joe Biden\u2019s obsessive compulsion with \u201cdemocracy,\u201d<\/strong> by which he means tyranny and censorship.  Then contrast Biden\u2019s \u201cdemocracy\u201d with that of <strong>Tucker Carlson\u2019s \u201cdemocracy\u201d <\/strong>\u2013 a society synonymous with freedom and in which freedom of speech is paramount.<\/p>\n<p>Paradoxically, each view is valid depending on the context and specific application.  The paradox lies in the fact that, <strong>like freedom, democracy is more a political \u201ccondition\u201d than an established system of governance.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just as <strong>freedom arises when governments protect their citizens\u2019 right to life, liberty and property<\/strong>, so too democracy arises to the extent that \u201cthe people\u201d become involved in the process of governance.  However, unrestricted by the principles underlying freedom, <strong>democracy permits \u201cthe people\u201d to violate each other\u2019s rights to life, liberty and property<\/strong> \u2013 subject only to a \u201cmajority\u201d vote.<\/p>\n<p>Thus the debate over defining a nation\u2019s political \u201ccondition\u201d (freedom, democracy) and \u201cform\u201d (republics, constitutionally limited monarchies, etc) carries on without any firm resolution regarding the true nature of a democracy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/821-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/topics.gif\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/blog\/821-clips-credits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.justrightmedia.org\/images\/buttons\/clips_and_credits.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you found this presentation valuable please consider supporting us:<br \/>\n&#x1f9e1; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/justrightmedia\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">PayPal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The manipulation of language and definitions is the primary tool of state control and tyranny. Arbitrarily replacing established definitions with anti-concepts makes for effective propaganda. The words &#8220;democracy&#8221; and &#8220;freedom&#8221; are perhaps two of the most manipulated concepts in this regard. For example, witness Joe Biden\u2019s obsessive compulsion with \u201cdemocracy,\u201d by which he means tyranny <a href='https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/archives\/13765' class='excerpt-more'>[Continue Reading]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,62,59,596,28,165,6,598],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audio","category-culture-society","category-free-speech","category-ideas","category-latest","category-political-parties","category-politics","category-society","issues-democracy","issues-freedom","issues-freedom-party-of-ontario","issues-majority-rule","issues-truth","category-12-id","category-62-id","category-59-id","category-596-id","category-28-id","category-165-id","category-6-id","category-598-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13765"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13769,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13765\/revisions\/13769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/justrightmedia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}