Democracy

The Democratic State is by nature totalitarian. In the act of voting for people to rule us we are surrendering our right to autonomy. By pooling our power with others and giving it to a central authority we are effectively asking to be crushed should we be in a minority.
In earlier times, monarchical times, representatives would attend Parliament in order to restrain the power of the Executive. In a democracy we no longer vote to restrain the Executive, we simply choose between a few people as to who shall be part of that Executive. There is little to restrain the increasing power of government.
By voting we legitimise hierarchical authority. We are slaves who choose between masters.By voting we give consent to be ruled in every aspect of our lives.
In a Representative State the executive power remains with the Monarch. The Monarch's job is to maintain law and order and to keep us safe from foreign invasion. Nothing else is the Monarch's business. The Monarch is seen as a necessary evil. Outside of his limited remit society is autonomous and free.
In such a State the Representatives are there to make sure that the Monarch rules with a light hand.
In nineteenth century England the rise of Liberalism under Gladstone (who introduced Income Tax in peace time) set us on the road to surrendering our liberties. Bit by bit we have descended to a state where the totality of our lives is the State's business.
The first step on the road to freedom is to see Democracy for what it is - an exercise in tyranny - and to see the State for what it is - no more than a necessary evil.