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Why do so many people put democracy on a pedestal? Majority rules scares the shit out of me. We don't need what the majority wants. We need protection for minor
by jrs235 8y ago
Why do so many people put democracy on a pedestal? Majority rules scares the shit out of me. We don't need what the majority wants. We need protection for minorities. The greatest minority being the individual. So long as a person isn't physically harming others leave them alone and let them be. Mobocracy, a majority without limits, is worse than a relatively steady and stable dictator.
- quadrangle 8y agoDemocracy means rule by the people. It does NOT require that majority-rule be the mechanism (that is itself about the worst mechanism for democracy, second only to minority-rule).
- jrs235 8y agoThank you for replying. Thank you for clarification and correcting my defaulting to "Democracy is sometimes referred to as "rule of the majority".