bartonr@jove.cs.pdx.edu (Robert Barton) (01/17/90)
nelson_p@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Nelson) writes: > BTW, Free-market advocates should remember that there is at least one *key* > difference between economic democracy and political democracy. In a political > democracy it is possible to create constitutional protections to keep the > majority from imposing their will on the minority. I don't know about most other countries, but in the USA at least this depends on the size of the majority. A sufficient majority can always alter or repeal constitutional restrictions. Or a president might be able to get the Supreme Court to re-interpret the restrictions on government power by threatening to pack the court with his disciples.