DEMOCRACY
Sir,-Is your correspondent sure that he is not confusing "democracy" with "majority rule’? Democracy is government of the people by the people; majority rule is merely an expedient, an "arrangement, not a principle, in which truth must often be. on the losing side." The larger and more varied the representation of responsible and honest opinion and the greater the tolerance of the majority the nearer to democracy. The confounding of democracy with majority rule is one of the chief reasons why no government can be truly called democratic. : I cannot understand your correspondent’s horror of nationalism, which is after all only another word for patriotism; or I should say that I don’t see why he thinks nationalism is such a vice in us and such a virtue in Indians and Indonesians unless he uses "nationalism" and "imperialism" indiscriminatingly. If he means imperialism I agree that it was the majority rule of imperialists who ignored the advice and wishes of the minority that is largely responsible for the state of affairs in India and Indo-
nesia:
UNREPRESENTED
(Dunedin).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 5
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178DEMOCRACY New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 5
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