Democracy devolves into a total state

[sexualeconomist]

Carl Schmitt explains how every democracy must inevitably devolve into what he calls the "Total State."

Because the government in a liberal democracy bases its legitimacy on "the will of the people," the state inevitably expands into every area where that will is expressed.

Politics seeps into everything. Social issues become matters of state, personal beliefs become political positions, and things that were once outside the reach of politics are now defined by it.

Eventually, even the concept of “the political” loses its meaning because there is no longer anything outside of politics.

 

[stalkerKiller]

Yup and that is why I'm not a liberal or a pro democracy kind of guy

 

[ButterNoParsnips]

Carl Schmitt didn't saw it as "devolve" though, since he himself provided legal justification on Hitler seizure of absolute dictatorial powers in Germany

Instead Carl Schmitt saw it as inherently unstable and indecisive, especially in times of crisis the State may increasingly resort to extraordinary measures to maintain order thus any desicions that was made outside of legal process will eventually become normalize

In a way Carl Schmitt saw it as "evolve"