11/7/17

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Notes

Due date for paper - Can be day before Thanksgiving break or first Friday after Thanksgiving (10 after midnight, Saturday) (week after Thanksgiving)

? short paper after big paper

Last class is Dec. 11

Last handouts "The Scourge of ideology" and "Democratism + War

War is never acceptable in a democracy.

Technology increasing democracy

What political institutions have the power to enforce laws in a democracy.

Government can't tell us anything in a democracy. The people dictate to the government.

Ultimate authority can't ever leave the people or be given away in a democracy.

In democracy there is never a government, just political institutions.

In a democracy there are no leaders.

No trade in rights. Like not trading privacy for safety.

Comprimose is undemocratic

A democracy can never have a central government.

Democracy can't have a central government because of 1. Large Size - the people say would get too small. 2. Great pressure to represent the social will. 3. Power concentrates in the institution. We don't want a powerful central government over a geographical area.

No monopolies in a democracy