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| Such rights are guaranteed through various institutions and statutory laws in order to protect the rights of individuals and minorities from the ']'. | Such rights are guaranteed through various institutions and statutory laws in order to protect the rights of individuals and minorities from the ']'. | ||
| Contemporary "liberal" democracy, as long as it requires the above constitutional restrictions (liberal rights) in order to function, is not as liberal as the original ancien Democracy was. In the original ] definition, no constitutional rights took place. The only (obvious) restrictions were the respect to the vote of all citizens, the respect to the result of all polls, the ], the equal respect (Isotimia), the equality in front of the law (Isonomia), and the equal right for all citizents to speak in front of the assemply (Isigoria). Original ancien definition of Democracy, due to the absence of constitution, was a much more liberal political regime than contemporary liberal Democracy |
Contemporary "liberal" representative "democracy", as long as it requires the above constitutional restrictions (liberal rights) in order to function, is not as liberal as the original ancien Democracy was. In the original ] definition, no constitutional rights took place. The only (obvious) restrictions were the respect to the vote of all citizens, the respect to the result of all polls, the ], the equal respect (Isotimia), the equality in front of the law (Isonomia), and the equal right for all citizents to speak in front of the assemply (Isigoria). Original ancien definition of Democracy, due to the absence of constitution, was a much more liberal political regime than contemporary "liberal" "Democracy". Thats why the name "liberal" for the contemporary "democracy" is not the appropriate one, as long as the word "democracy" isnt also. It should be named "protective constitutional representative time-limited Oligarchy" or "Republic". "Time-limited Oligarchy" comes from the fact that not all citizens, but only a few ones are about to take the decisions, but their power to decide may be canceled every time a representative election tooks place. | ||
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Liberal democracy is a form of representative democracy in which majority rule is qualified by respect for liberal rights such as freedom of speech and assembly, freedom of religion, the right to private property and privacy, as well as equality before the law and due process under the rule of law, and else. Such rights are guaranteed through various institutions and statutory laws in order to protect the rights of individuals and minorities from the 'Majoritarianism'.
Contemporary "liberal" representative "democracy", as long as it requires the above constitutional restrictions (liberal rights) in order to function, is not as liberal as the original ancien Democracy was. In the original Athenian Democracy definition, no constitutional rights took place. The only (obvious) restrictions were the respect to the vote of all citizens, the respect to the result of all polls, the Graphe Paranomon, the equal respect (Isotimia), the equality in front of the law (Isonomia), and the equal right for all citizents to speak in front of the assemply (Isigoria). Original ancien definition of Democracy, due to the absence of constitution, was a much more liberal political regime than contemporary "liberal" "Democracy". Thats why the name "liberal" for the contemporary "democracy" is not the appropriate one, as long as the word "democracy" isnt also. It should be named "protective constitutional representative time-limited Oligarchy" or "Republic". "Time-limited Oligarchy" comes from the fact that not all citizens, but only a few ones are about to take the decisions, but their power to decide may be canceled every time a representative election tooks place.
Australia, Canada, the member states of the European Union, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway and the United States are all examples of liberal democracy (though of course it is sometimes argued that none is perfect with respect to the above rights).
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