> the essence of government is autocratic sovereignty

*was

Democracy was and is radical for putting the common people in charge of the government. The right to petition for redress of grievances is literally in the first amendment. Government is a social contract, enforced with state violence on one end and mob violence on the other.

If you want to return to autocratic rule, I hear North Korea is lovely this time of year.

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JackFr 2 hours ago | parent [-]

More importantly in the United States we have certain rights which cannot be abridged, even by a majority of the electorate though the government.

	▲	Geezus_42 15 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Except the politicians just ask their rich friends to do the things they aren't allowed to do and then act like there's nothing they can do.