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this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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Tell them that, while the "archy" of words like oligarchy means "rule" or "command", kratos means "power" or "strength", and that demos is "the common people".
A true democracy, therefore, is not rule by the majority—that would be ochlarchy or, more commonly, ochlocracy, ochlos being the "masses"—but an empowerment of the common people.
And that they're right, America is not a true democracy.
Right! I just find his choice of example... ridiculous lol.
The kind of majoritarianism he dislikes is bad, though, so I'd tell him he's right to be concerned for the protection of minority rights, but the empowerment of "the common people" necessarily protects all people, or else it would create a more powerful group, who could not therefore be common, so a true democracy is actually what he wants.
Ridiculous examples are the most fun to find some kernel of agreement and then spin to the conclusion of "you're right, anarcho-communism is the best way forward for America".