[news] Lawrence Jarach: Democracy and Conspiracy: Overlaps, Parallels, and Standard Operating Procedures

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According to the believers in Democracy (rule of the people-however "the people" is defined and narrowed to exclude particular segments from participation in government), it is a system of decision-making that enables the rule of the wisest and most capable and skillful, regardless of hereditary class privilege; this is its republican (anti-monarchist) heritage. Democrats (especially those who identify with the tradition of Liberalism) believe that majority rule provides more voice in decision-making for more people.

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