Too Much Democracy? By Henry Lamb

Is it possible? Is it really possible to have too much democracy? Isn’t democracy what the war in Iraq is about? Isn’t democracy what all previous wars were about? How, then, can it be possible to have too much democracy?

If you’re the only sheep among a group of wolves, voting on what to have for dinner, you might want some limitation on democracy.

On the other hand, if you voted for Al Gore in 2000, you probably dislike the limitation on democracy that the Electoral College places on the election of the President. In fact, since 2000, there has been a
growing effort to abolish the Electoral College in favor of election of the president by direct popular vote.

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