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		geggam on March 15, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Encryption, Privacy Are Larger Issues Than Fightin... by definition a democracy is a tyranny of majority.... i think you mean secondary to the republic

themartorana on March 15, 2016 [–]

No, it's to the Republic to make sure the ideals of true democracy take a secondary place to individual liberty for the very reason that true democracy can be tyrannical. That's why the Republic comes before the democracy.

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