Liberty versus the Tyranny of the Majority
by Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA The opposite of tyranny is of course liberty . The vision that quickly comes to mind when I think of tyranny are the historical figures that ruled the societies they lead with an iron fist. Individual tyrants such as Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and etc. are the first that come to mind, although the list is very long going back to antiquity. Throughout most of human history tyranny rather than liberty has been the norm. There is however another form of tyranny that is the most dangerous, yet has been clocked in a vague, warm-and -fuzzy anti reality. It is the most threatening term found in the American political lexicon. Often used by the political left to describe our form of govrnment it is called... Democracy . The term democracy is used not just by the political left, it is common terminology to all statist who seek to gain a majority that would allow them to {by majority vote} enforce their political and social will on an entire ...