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Now, Democracy is the power of the people. There is more than just a nuance to that. Now, the majority will "rule", but not at the expense of the minority. That's why we have an independent judiciary in Canada, for example. Same goes for anywhere else. If it were simply "majority rule", then things like the proposed mixed member proportional thing proposed for Ontario is a bit dangerous. It puts MPPs in Toronto who are not responsive to a group of people, but only to their parties. This is a dangerous thing. I like parts of the US democracy for it's mix of a one person=one vote (for president) and a one "area" one vote (for senate, and to a varying degree, congress). If we voted for Lieutenant Governors of provinces, for example, and then voted for our LOCAL and RESPONSIVE member of provincial parliament, for example, that I could buy. But this mixed up craziness is dangerous, and potentially harmful to the democracy in Ontario, where special interest and single-issue parties such as the Greens and the Marijuana party could get in. And not responsive to anyone, for that matter.Flanker said:Democracy is the power of majority. Right?