”Democracy requires homogeneity and elimination of heterogeneity”

 

中国は「不自由な民主主義」の代表。自由な民主主義より効率が高い。「民主主義の本質は同質性であり、異質なものの排除ないし絶滅である」（C.シュミット） https://t.co/CX4CsWzCu0

— 池田信夫 (@ikedanob) April 24, 2021

Every actual democracy rests on the principle that not only are equals equal but unequals will not be treated equally.” Democracy requires, therefore, first homogeneity and second - if the need arises - elimination or eradication of heterogeneity To illustrate this principle it is sufficient to name two different examples of modern democracy: contemporary Turkey, with its radical expulsion of the Greeks and its reckless Turkish nationalization of the country,* and the Australian commonwealth, which restricts unwanted entrants through its immigration laws, and like other dominions only takes emigrants who conform to the notion of a “right type of settler.” Carl Schmitt, The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy

What did Carl Schmitt mean when he said this?

Short answer: Liberalism asks to accept that all people have fundamental rights, but a democracy requires that we separate between citizens and non-citizens. Citizens and non-citizens are not-equal. A democracy must be able to treat them differently and (when necessary) eliminate those people who are hazardous to its citizenry. This makes democracy fundamentally incompatible with liberalism.

要するに、民主主義が機能するには国民は平等に扱え、外国人は排除せよ、みたいなかんじかな。 

その根拠はこの部分だけだと定かではないんだが、民族主義と民主主義が密接な関係があるわけで、民主主義にある程度の同質性を求めるのは、まったく理不尽な主張ともいえない。

ただ、同質性も度が過ぎると民主主義的多数決や異なる意見を調整する民主主義的議会そのものの意味がなくなる。