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From «Democracy»to «Tyranny of the majority»
v.1.01http://area51gr.blogspot.com/
 
The truth that no-one talks about! The way they fool the people to think they live in a democratic world where they have some power,when they have.. nothing in a Tyranny world! 
Dedicated to Adonis Georgiadhs, Greecewhich with his answers and his TV showsmade me think deeper this subject.
I'll start by utilizing a few definitions.wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_democracy"
Athenian democracy
was developed in theGreek city-stateof Athens, comprising the central city-state of Athens and the surrounding territory of Attica, around 500 BC. Athens was one of the very first knowndemocracies (although anthropological research suggests that democratic forms were likely common instateless societies long before the rise of Athens[
citation needed 
]). Other Greek cities set up democracies,most but not all following an Athenian model, but none were as powerful or as stable (or as well-docu-mented) as that of Athens. It remains a unique and intriguing experiment indirect democracy 
 
where thepeople do not elect representatives to vote on their behalf but vote on legislation and execut-ive bills in their own right
. Participation was by no means open, but the in-group of participants wasconstituted with no reference to economic class and they participated on a scale that was truly phenom-enal.
The
public opinion
 
of voters
was remarkably influenced by thepolitical satireperformed by thecomic poetsat thetheatres.[1] " [...]"The word "democracy" (Greek:
δημοκρατια
) combines the elements
demos
(
δημος 
, which means"people") and
kratos
(
κρατος 
, which means "force" or "power"). In the words "monarchy" and "oligarchy",the second element
arche
means rule, leading, or being first. It is not possible that the term "democracy"was coined by its detractors who rejected the possibility of, so to speak, a valid "demarchy", as long asthe word "dematchy" already existed and had the meaning of mayorormunicipal.
 
That is why a newterm has been invented, and was adopted wholeheartedly by Athenian democrats.
"The very first known democracy was in Athens of Ancient Greece, where those Athenians invented thatterm - "DEMOCRACY". There the democracy was a direct democracy "
where the people do not elect rep-resentatives to vote on their behalf but vote on legislation and executive bills in their own right 
". Therewhere no representatives.From what I have heared from Adonis Georgiadis which is a historian, and from what I can understand, inAncient Greece, there where a group of high-respect people that where developing the different laws. Thelaws, then were ready to open voting procedure, where simple people - the Athenians - would vote thempositive or negative. For each possible law, there was an independent voting. Athenians at that days, wasabout 20,000 people, and it was possible to gather all together and vote the different laws in public, andnot in secret voting.
That was the Democracy, as was invented, adopted and used...and still today they utilize thisworld as a term to perscuade people that we have the best system of goverment, and thusnothing can change!
Today all we talk about Democracy. But, due to physical limitation, the Democracy we talk about, can't ex-ist in it's prime invented form. I don't know how other countries utilize Democracy to their political sys-tems, but I know a few things on about what is happening to my Country, Greece.As I said, due to physical limitation Democracy nowdays can't exist as the direct democracy that ancientAthenians had invented. That's because nowdays, here, instead of 20,000 citizens participation in a smallspace to the size of a city, we have about 10,000,000 in a space to the size of a country. Till now it wasimpossible to gather all those people, in every a while, for an open voting for each possible new law. Forthat reason the ancient Athenian Democracy, was modified to the "representative democracy"wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy
 
"Democracy
is a system of government in which either the actual governing is carried out by the people(as in representative democracy). The term is derived from the
Greek 
 
δημοκρατία
(
d 
ē
mokratía
(
info
)),"popular government",
[1]
ῆ
which was coined from
δ μος
(
dêmos
), "people" and
κράτος
(
krátos
), meaning"power" in the middle of the fifth-fourth century BC to denote the political systems then existing in someGreek city-states, notably
Athens
following a popular uprising in
508 BC
.
[2]
In political theory,
democracy 
describes a small number of related
forms of government
and also a
politicalphilosophy
. Even though there is no specific, universally accepted definition of 'democracy',
[3]
 
 
there aretwo principles that any definition of democracy includes, equality and freedom.
[4]
Theseprinciples are reflected by all citizens being
equal before the law
, and having equal access to power.
[5]
Additionally, all citizens are able to enjoy legitimized freedoms and liberties, which are usually protectedby a
constitution
.
[6] [7]
There are several varieties of democracy, some of which provide better representation and more freedomsfor their citizens than others.
[8] [9]
 
However, if any democracy is not carefully legislated to avoidan uneven distribution of political power with balances, such as the
separation of powers
 
, then abranch of the system of rule could accumulate power and become harmful to the democracyitself.
[10] [11] [12]
The "
majority rule
" is often described as a characteristic feature of democracy,
 
but without responsiblegovernment or constitutional protections of individual liberties from democratic power it ispossible for
dissenting
ind
 
ividuals to be oppressed by the "
tyranny of the majority
 
"
.
An essentialprocess in representative democracies is competitive
elections
, that are fair bothsubstantively
[13]
 
and procedurally.
[14]
 
 
Furthermore,
freedom of political expression
 
,
freedom of speech
 
and
freedom of the press
 
are essential so that citizens are informed and able to vote in theirpersonal interests.
[15] [16]Popular sovereignty
is common but not a universal motivating philosophy for establishing a democracy. Insome countries, democracy is based on the philosophical principle of equal rights.
 
Many people use theterm "democracy" as shorthand for
liberal democracy
 
,
which may include additional elements such as
political pluralism
,
equality before the law
, the
right to petition
elected officials for redress of grievances,
due process
,
civil liberties
,
human rights
, and elements of 
civil society
outside the government."Notice the phrase: "
Many people use the term "democracy" as shorthand for liberal democracy 
".
What isliberal democracy?
wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy
"Liberal democracy
(or
constitutional democracy
) is the dominant form of democracyin the 21stcentury. During theCold War, liberal democracies were contrasted with theCommunist People's Republics or "Popular Democracies", which claimed an alternative conception of democracy.
 
Today, constitutionaldemocracies are mostly contrasted with
direct democracy
 
and/or
participatory democracy. Liberaldemocracies may take various constitutional forms: they may berepublics
 
, as theUnited StatesorIndia orFrance, orconstitutional monarchy, as theUnited KingdomorSpain. It may have apresidential system (United States), aparliamentary system(Westminster system, UK andCommonwealthcountries), or a hybrid,semi-presidential system(France)."
Constitutional (Liberal) democracies are mostly constrasted with direct democracy
 
(as it was in-vented in Ancient Athens)
, and people use the term "Democracy" as a shorthand for liberal democracy!The first point of what we are going to see, is obvious!...We don't have the "Democracy" as it was invented in Ancient Greece / Ancient Athens (direct democracy)that many people do believe, because others do, on purpose, confuce the term Democracy with the termLiberal Democracy! We have a modification of Democracy (Liberal Democracy) which is
mostly constras-ted
with the "original" Democracy".And of course if two things are mostly constrasted, then it's obvious that they... are not even just differ-ent, but opposite! Thus, with a few logical steps, we can understand that Liberal Democracy is almost op-posite to Democracy. If Democracy (ancient Athenian Democracy - original one) is based on equality andand freedom, and is for the good of all people, then our new Liberal Democracy, isn't based on equalityand/or freedom, and/or isn't for the good of all people!
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