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It's considered one of the fundamental pitfalls of democracy[1]. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny
by blacksmith_tb 7y ago
It's considered one of the fundamental pitfalls of democracy[1].
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
- Fjolsvith 7y agoIts a good thing that America isn't a democracy. [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic
- blacksmith_tb 7y agoIt may or may not be a good thing, but your quip certainly hints at the kind of structural choices that have gone into the design of the federal government (for example the two houses of congress).