Bender
2011-01-29 21:01:30
Before you can have the freedom to choose your own government, you must first have freedom.
And, to continue to have the freedom to choose your own government, after that government is chosen, civil society must continue to be free.
As such, a people are NOT free to elect a government that is violative of freedom, they are NOT free to choose a government, for example, that is Islamist or otherwise oppressive, like Hamas or the Muslim Brotherhood.
The right of self-government is not absolute and supreme — FREEDOM is. With authentic freedom, one will have a right of self-government. But with an absolute government, freedom disappears.
