It is a logical absurdity to equate democracy with freedom in the way that mainstream political philosophers and commentators typically do. A system where individuals and minorities are at the mercy of unconstrained majorities hardly constitutes freedom in any meaningful sense.

He must not laugh at his own wheeze: a snuff box has no right to sneeze.

The light ones may be killers, the dark ones mild; not the wrappers but the fillers, make cigars or women wild.

The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.

It is a logical absurdity to equate democracy with freedom in the way that mainstream political philosophers and commentators typically do. A system where individuals and minorities are at the mercy of unconstrained majorities hardly constitutes freedom in any meaningful sense.

Democracy: An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.