LIBERTY, SECURITY AND THE DEGENERATIVE CYCLE OF DEMOCRACY

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William Barclay

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Unfortunately, modern liberals have long misrepresented and misused the foundational principles of liberalism, in order to claim that the fundamental function of every democratic state is the pursuit of its citizens’ liberty, as well as to viciously attack all states and leaders that do not consider liberty to be sacrosanct. Via an appeal to the essential works of liberalism and realism, this paper has thoroughly contradicted the claims of modern liberalism and has definitively argued that security, not liberty, is the fundamental purpose of every state. Furthermore, this paper has comprehensively analyzed the USA, in order to demonstrate that, if a state sacrifices the liberty of its citizenry in order to maintain its national security, then the state’s actions are not merely just and ethical vis-à-vis its citizenry, but, rather, fulfill the state’s fundamental, protective, function and are, in fact, an inevitable, benevolent, aspect of the state’s existence.


 

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Barclay, William. 2020. “LIBERTY, SECURITY AND THE DEGENERATIVE CYCLE OF DEMOCRACY ”. Journal of Liberty and International Affairs 2 (1):60-74. https://e-jlia.com/index.php/jlia/article/view/61.
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William Barclay, Carleton University, Canada

William Barclay, from Ottawa (Canada), will receive a B.A. Honours in Political Science with a Concentration in Political Theory and a Minor in Philosophy from Carleton University, in June of 2016. Due to the stifling academic climate at Carleton, William elected to complete a content analysis for Dr. Conrad Winn, the founder of Canada's premiere polling and data analysis company, COMPAS Inc., on the topic of 'The Misrepresentation of Israel in the International News Media', instead of completing a bachelor's thesis. In 2015, William was published by distinguished organizations, such as the Aga Khan Foundation. Moreover, he was invited to present his research at the IAPSS Autumn Convention in Prague on 'New Threats to Security', where he captained his team to victory during the Oxford Debate in Prague on 'National Security vs. Individual Freedoms'. During 2016, as a result of his consistent efforts to achieve excellence and success, William has been invited to present various papers and to chair panels at myriad, illustrious, international conferences, such as the 2016 EPSA Annual Conference, the 2016 IPSA World Congress, and the 2016 IAPSS World Congress in Berlin. Moreover, during the Oxford Debate in Berlin on 'The Rise of Populist Parties: Is it a Benefit or Problem for Democracy?', William again captained his team to a decisive victory. William has also been invited by the 2016 CPSA Annual Conference, where, despite only possessing a B.A., he will be competing against multiple PhDs in the Graduate 3-Minute Thesis Competition.