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 Democracy robs freedom of choice from minorities.

Unalienable rights are rights that cannot be taken away, not even by 100% majority rule vote.

Unalienable rights protect the freedom of choice of minorities and individuals.

Majority rule vote cannot take away, dilute, or add qualifiers to unalienable rights.

America is a Constitutional Republic, designed to protect those unalienable rights. America is not and has never been a Democracy.

Legislatures cannot remove or limit unalienable rights with legislation, and supreme courts cannot rule away unalienable rights.