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Democratic Republic Vs Tyranny

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A democratic republic best protects the people against tyranny when compared to a pure democracy. A pure democracy is deficient because a large group of people can put one person in office who can abuse his power to be unfair to minorities. In a democratic republic, you have multiple representatives, elected from each state, who meet to administer the government. The group of representatives can be influenced by each other. Therefore, there is no real difference between a democratic republic and a pure democracy. However, in our current system, we are governed by two parties, which produces the likelihood of tyranny if a party was to become more strong than the other. Having two central parties also reduces the number of beliefs shared in the government. Therefore, several smaller parties would benefit the people the most because it diversifies our government and prevents the rise of central power.

James Madison shares my argument in Federalist 10 where he says: …show more content…

Under such a regulation, it may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more consonant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves, convened for the purpose. On the other hand, the effect may be inverted. Men of factious tempers, of local prejudices, or of sinister designs, may, by intrigue, by corruption, or by other means, first obtain the suffrages, and then betray the interests, of the

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