Can democracy coexist with theocracy?

[russ_watters]

russ_wattersExcept when that "level below" involves 200,000,000 individuals overcoming states' powers.

Huh? Not following...

 

[Loren Booda]

In other words, if states provide legitimate centers of power, certainly individuals as fundamentals of government surpass them in number and naturalness.

 

[loseyourname]

Russ was referring to services that are provided by states. The only context in which your statement makes sense is if you are referring to privately owned companies (which are legally considered individuals) providing the same services. If you are only trying to say that privately owned companies could provide the services better and more efficiently than either the state or federal government, you're probably right in most cases. At least I would agree with you.