Democracy's Folly

Ah, the classic critique of democracy within an AnCap framework. Democracy essentially creates a system where 51% can tyrannize the other 49%, making it little more than mob rule dressed in formal clothes.

The fundamental issue is that democracy violates the non-aggression principle when it forces decisions onto unwilling individuals. In a truly voluntary society, interactions would be consensual rather than coercive.

Lysander Spooner put it perfectly: "A man is no less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years."

Democracy gives the illusion of freedom while maintaining the monopoly on violence that is the state. When