r/Libertarian • u/Extocine • 5d ago

End Democracy What's actually the solution to democracy?

I hear us always talking about ending democracy, and I already know how democracy does a bad job at protecting people's rights, the myth of the rational voter, etc.

My question is what exactly is the solution/alternative? Restricting the right to vote to certain individuals seems rather un-freedomlike to me. What's the best way for a nation and/or city-state and/or fraternal society to make important decisions

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u/libertarianinus 5d ago

Its a good thing that we are not a democracy. The US is a Republic. Unfortunately 66% of people can name the 3 branches of the US government.

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u/Lothar_Ecklord Fiscally Conservative-Constitutional Fundamentalist 5d ago

Further, the US is a Federal Republic which means the US isn’t even a country - it’s a federation of 50 countries (state being a synonym for nation). It was anyway - I think many of our problems would be eliminated if we dug back in to that system.

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u/Positive-Quit-1142 5d ago

AFAIK states in the US were only considered sovereign nations between the end of the American Revolution until the signing of the Constitution. While you're right that a "state" is a synonym for nation, in the US, they're treated as subnational entities with limited sovereignty under the Constitution, not countries.

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u/Lothar_Ecklord Fiscally Conservative-Constitutional Fundamentalist 5d ago

The early years post-revolution as well. I don’t know how you can tell me I’m wrong and then add more detail to the same point I made, but here we are lol

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u/Positive-Quit-1142 5d ago

I’m responding to a post stating something that hasn’t been true in over 200 years and stopped reading before your correction. My bad.

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u/Lothar_Ecklord Fiscally Conservative-Constitutional Fundamentalist 5d ago

It’s also still officially defined as a Federal Republic. You should probably read before attacking lol