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I don't think you're reading their comment charitably. They're using "impose" in the context of politics being a contest. Winning a democratic election necessa

• logicchains 6y ago
  >Winning a democratic election necessarily "imposes" upon the losers some decisions of the winners, eg. higher taxes. That's not authoritarianism, that's just politics. This doesn't change that it's the majority imposing its will on the minority by force.
  • tehjoker 6y ago
    This is all true, and it's also true that those in power use power to serve their own interests and the interests of their group. That's why power must be contested. If you're neutral, power is serving you or else you'd be incensed.
    • SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
      No, I fundamentally reject the framing. I don't divide the world into things that serve me and things I'm incensed about. Neutral institutions regularly do things that go against my interests, and I don't get angry or seek to overthrow them every time it happens.
    • tehjoker 6y ago
      Responding to the comment below: Well, then the stakes for you are low enough that you don't care, you feel too powerless to protest, or the decisions are in some sense fair. Very often people are subjected to decisions that are not fair and they should dissent.