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The "spirit of compromise" is the core principle of democracy. If you're against compromise, you're against democracy.
by sprout 16y ago
The "spirit of compromise" is the core principle of democracy. If you're against compromise, you're against democracy.
- Jach 16y agoThen color me against democracy, but I don't care if the democratic majority wants slavery: it's bad and should not be compromised on, the majority will just have to suck up.
- dschobel 16y agoThat is frightening logic and factually incorrect. History is full of examples of minority abuse at the hands of the majority. Here is a good starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_democracy#Oppression_by_the_majority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_democracy#Oppressi...
- sprout 16y agoI think most would agree that those are failed democracies. Just because democracy does certain things in practice does not mean that those things are in line with the core principles of democracy, of which compromise is one.
- gloob 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
- neilk 16y agoThis has nothing to do with democracy. It's about business interests colluding against the public interest.
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