[ExI] Is there a potential libertarianism / democracy tension?

[Stefano Vaj]

2011/9/26 Amon Zero <amon at doctrinezero.com>

> The exchange above seems to point to a potential tension between democracy
> and libertarianism.
>

Yes, libertarianism is not about democracy.

In turn, democracy is not concerned with limiting the power of the state,
but with the designation of who is in power.

This makes all the difference, eg, between the American and the French
Revolutions.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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