“Achieving apparent harmony is easier under an authoritarian regime than in a democracy. With a zillion voices in the democratic public space, diversity of opinions pervades. Yet, that diversity and freedom of expression is what ensures the evolution of thoughts, constantly harmonising the instruments in the symphony. Under coercion, quintessential harmony is not only difficult, it is impossible.” DemocracyEvolutionDiversityHarmonyDictatorshipCoercion Author:R. N. Prasher
“Democratic State has an obligation to protect the weak; anarchy thrives on the weakness and helplessness of the weak. A democratic State that does not protect the weak from unlawful coercion and from hunger invites its own doom and creates space for anarchy.” DemocracyDemocraticHungerAnarchyCoercionStateUnlawful Author:R. N. Prasher
“Rule of law is the grey area between the two extremes, viz. the moral norm of individual liberty and state coercion. When it is at the former end, it is anarchy; when at the latter, it is totalitarian repressive state. In the real world, every state operates somewhere between these two extremes. Democracies have to place restrictions on individual liberty to prevent a descent into anarchy; dictators have to provide a modicum of individual freedom to prevent desperate rebellion.” IndividualLibertyAnarchyDictatorshipRepressionCoercionRule Of LawTotalitarianMoral Norm Author:R. N. Prasher