Tyranny is representation without consent. — Bliss
To be represented is necessarily to be less free, because being represented by a person implies you act in accordance with that person's will, and that person's will is inevitably not always your own. If you are completely represented by others, then you have no freedom. — Bliss
Tyranny is representation without consent.
— Bliss
Could be. Or, "Tyranny is government without representation" as in "No taxation without representation". — Bitter Crank
When a person votes, he is giving one of two or more candidates permission to represent him (under your formulation). If the candidate to whom he did not give permission to represent him wins, is this voter then subject to tyranny? — Bitter Crank
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