When the inhabitants of a country feel that they belong to different communities, what should be done to manage this reality? This is a question considered by all human societies, and each one has a different answer. Sometimes, the respectable option of accommodating all these communities is ultimately perverted, as in the case of Lebanon. When dealing with the issue of coexistence in these communities, we should be aware that the choice can only be contextualised in the framework of democracy. However, it is not enough to invoke democracy to establish harmonious coexistence in a society. Sometimes, universal suffrage is not a synonym of democracy, liberty and equality, but of tyranny, slavery and discrimination. In order to speak of democracy, informed voting, the only one which is a free expression, must have replaced automatic, community or identity voting.

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