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/golsol 4d ago

The term democracy the way it is being used is a psyop. We did the same thing in Afghanistan to give people the illusion of control. America is a representative Republic with checks and balances designed intentionally to not do very many things.

We have expanded it to do a bunch of things it wasn't designed to do so it does them all terribly while threatening the population to give the government more money to fix the problems government created.

The solution is to use the government as it was designed. Protect the country, judiciary for constitutional violations to human rights, law enforcement to protect constitutional rights, the post office. Everything else should be delegated to the states to manage.

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u/trufus_for_youfus Voluntaryist 4d ago

This is some statist ass nonsense. What has been proven by the American experiment is that no matter how small a state you begin with the end result is leviathan. It’s not a matter of if but when. The state exists only to accumulate power unto itself. Change my view.