Isn't that a much weaker claim you're making than what Taleb sets off to argue for in the beginning of the article? The article begins with the following: > It

Isn't that a much weaker claim you're making than what Taleb sets off to argue for in the beginning of the article? The article begins with the following: > It suffices for an intransigent minority –a certain type of intransigent minorities –to reach a minutely small level, say three or four percent of the total population, for the entire population to have to submit to their preferences. It's a far cry from that claim -- that a minority as small as 3-4% can force the majority to submit to the will of the minority -- to the claim that a majority will accomodate a minority as long as extra cost incurred by the majority is not too much. The former is an unbelievably strong claim while the latter is obvious and inane.