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The success of democracy is not that it allows 2 rabbits to convince 3 foxes to eat vegetables, but merely that it convinces 2 foxes to limit themselves to eati
by dane-pgp 6y ago
The success of democracy is not that it allows 2 rabbits to convince 3 foxes to eat vegetables, but merely that it convinces 2 foxes to limit themselves to eating vegetables based on the votes of 3 rabbits.
To achieve the result that you're hoping democracy will provide, it is perhaps better to rely on the principle of Freedom of Speech / Expression.
- wizzwizz4 6y agoEveryone's a "fox" or a "rabbit" about different things, and often the foxes are in the majority for each issue, but (almost) everyone would be better off with "rabbit for everything" than "fox for everything". The most obvious cases of fox / rabbit issues are regarding GRSM rights. A majority would weakly prefer that gay people not marry (but they'd just shrug and move on if overruled), a small minority would strongly prefer that gay people not marry… and then you've got all the gay people, most of whom would very strongly prefer that gay people can marry. The weak majority who care enough to block "rabbit", but not enough to actually be upset if it happened, rule the policy – until democracy becomes indirect, anyway. Indirect democracy should never have superior properties to direct democracy. Is there a way of fixing this?