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Nonsense. If the only Jew in Buenos Aires can't find a kosher deli, that is not 'Tyranny of the Majority.' Tyranny of the Majority is when a majority actively p
by astine 16y ago
Nonsense. If the only Jew in Buenos Aires can't find a kosher deli, that is not 'Tyranny of the Majority.' Tyranny of the Majority is when a majority actively pursues legislation that is harmful or marginalizing to a minority. If a Jew in 1938 Berlin can't find a kosher deli because the Nazi government outlawed them, then that is Tyranny of the Majority. The situation you describe is just a market difficulty.
Not being able to post topless photos of oneself on Facebook is hardly oppression.
- barrkel 16y agoTruly, spoken like one of the majority. ;)
- abalashov 16y agoNot being able to post topless photos of oneself on Facebook is hardly oppression. It is a arguably a matter of degree, not kind.
- astine 16y agoI disagree. Oppression is a loaded term. At he very least it implies a certain unreasonableness. For example it is not unreasonable to expect me, when visiting Italy for example, to realize that certain hand signs are offensive and to avoid them. In the same way, it is not unreasonable to expect that Europeans, when visiting an American website, understand that Americans have particular sensibilities and respect that. The fact that many Americans don't realize that this is a two way street makes them jerks. The fact that Americans are a majority on the Internet and most successful sites target them is an inconvenience to non-Americans. But none of this is oppression. To claim otherwise is melodrama and hyperbole at best. Letting different website set their own rules about what is appropriate on their pages, is no more oppression than forcing to have to look at your ugly torso whenever we look you up on Facebook.
- stretchwithme 16y agoexactly. It is not oppression when I don't let you use MY printing press. It is oppression when I don't let you use YOUR printing press.
- jamesbritt 16y ago"It is a arguably a matter of degree, not kind." Then don't just assert it; argue for it.
- waqf 16y agoYou're correct, parent misspoke. It's not tyranny of the majority. It's market failure, which has different causes and solutions but is just as insidious.