What legitimacy is Democracy?

There is no reason to think that popularity strengthens a claim to truth, even in the case of a jury trial. What advantage is a jury to a trial? If they are a jury of peers, that changes things because it prevents entrenched power, held at the top, influencing the outcome. But it is not the presence of a jury itself which provides this protection only that the person doing the choosing is unbiased.

How do we react when we are confronted with Democracy? There is no reason to respect a behaviour which we consider to be criminal for its popularity alone. The majority can be wrong, and are wrong when they choose to enforce taxes. The State and the majority are guilty of taxation. It is foolish to organise a Society which (in such a way that) allows the Government to do something which no individual may do...