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Throughout the centuries, the principles of equality and freedom have been the subject of great controversy. Liberal minimalism [1] has a distinct perspective on the explicit implications of these expressions. Because a minimalist democracy must first strive to reduce the control of authoritarian power by limiting most if not all constraints to the individual, allowing them to dictate their own lives by implementing representative government. Furthermore, it implements fair, consistent and indiscriminate regulation. Thus effectively preventing tyranny and creating equality before the law, irrelevant to the citizen's position, denying high-ranking individuals the legal advantages seen during the feudal era. Consequently, the rule of law appears to liberals as their greatest triumph, as they perceive it as the legitimate representation of equality and freedom. There are numerous critics of the minimalist liberal interpretation of equality and social freedom before the law. Such as inequalities of opportunity and material inequality that results in exploitation. However, liberals will refuse to “impose on the public a consciously selected pattern of distribution, whether it promotes equality or inequality.”[2] Numerous critics agree that capitalism in the minimalist liberal model does not represent true equality and is therefore problematic. Critics such as Sherman dispute that it produces “formal equality, like civil rights, but presents ongoing real inequality for employees (Sherman, 1990)[3]. However, despite the fact that liberals may appear to favor significant material equity, they will be wary of forcibly creating this outcome through authoritarianism on the basis of their beliefs.[4]The narrow goal... half of document... 2711, Cohen G, 1989, Labor and Freedom, Oxford University Press, Oxford12, (Marx, economic and philosophical manuscripts, p.120-31, Ollman, 1971).13 Friedman M, 1962, Capitalism and Freedom, Chicago University Press14 Frank R. and Cook P, 1996, The Winner-Take -All Society, Penguin press, New York: Penguin15 Graham G, 2006, Postcapitalist Politics, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis16 Street, P. Capitalism and Democracy "Don 't Mix Very Well", February 2000.< http:// www.iefd.org/articles/capitalism_and_democracy>17 Rothbart M, 1998, The ethics of freedom: ch. 14, Children and rights,. New York University press, New York18 Hayek F, 1994, The road to serfdom, Chicago University press, Chicago19 Hayek F, 1994, The road to serfdom, Chicago University press, Chicago20 Hayek F, 1994, The road towards serfdom, Chicago University press, Chicago