Monday, July 28, 2014

Democracy and Equality

A Democracy is egalitarian only insofar as every vote in an election is of equal value, and each voter agrees to accept the outcome of the process.  Otherwise, except in the case of unanimity rules, the result of an election reverts to an inequality between a majority and a minority.  Likewise, while a law applies equally to all, insofar as it formulates the interests of majority-elected legislators, it is a product of inegalitarian processes.  Thus, perhaps the least equivocal expression of Egalitarianism in the United States Constitution is the Bill of Rights, insofar as they are conceived as protecting any individual from majority abuse, not insofar as they are interpreted either as promoting the electoral interests of non-individuals, or as protecting an individual from other individuals, as is prevalently the case these days.

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