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The democracy is actually working: the small minority of tech industry people who think security and privacy are important are correctly overruled by the majori
by superuser2 11y ago
The democracy is actually working: the small minority of tech industry people who think security and privacy are important are correctly overruled by the majority who don't.
If you think (and it's not crazy) that sometimes small, elite populations know better than the public at large, great, but please don't call that democracy.
- rantanplan 11y agoYou could argue that parliaments are a small elite population. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy This is what we mean when we use the word "democracy" today, unless you live in ancient Greece or some small village. So having experts on technology,security and privacy being overruled by an uneducated mob is madness, not democracy.
- hifier 11y agoAnd this is exactly what the constitution is for. Changing the constitution requires much more than a simple majority.