"democracy" vs "representative republic" in lojban?

[Ryan Gray <ryanpatgray@yahoo.com>]

Hi, I hope someone in this forum can help me use
lojban to clarify a point. In another forum, there is
a debate about the difference between "democracy" and
"representative republic." One faction seems to
believe that any form of government that elects its
leaders is a "democracy. Another faction (the one I am
partial to) argues that, by definition, a democracy
does not have any protections for individual rights
and the "will of the people" rules the day regardless
of whose rights are trampled upon. The argument in
this faction is that in a democracy a majority of
cannibals could vote to eat a minority of vegetarians.
No ones rights would be protected. How would one make
this distinction in lojban?

Thank you,

Ryan


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