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Direct democracy just means that the majority rule on minority. Representative democracy is just plain oligarchy, with moral justifications on top.
by jokethrowaway 6y ago
Direct democracy just means that the majority rule on minority.
Representative democracy is just plain oligarchy, with moral justifications on top.
- 082349872349872 6y agoMajority rule is not necessarily a feature of democracy, but may be a feature of first past the post voting with only two parties. I like how we (a vibrant multiparty democracy) do referenda: the referendum text gets put on the ballot, the current government makes a counterproposal "yes, we agree X is a problem but we believe Y is a better solution", and we get to vote either (a) for the referendum proposal, (b) for the government proposal, or (c), the most common option, to leave well enough alone. Sili im mebi na ta bek, mogut fo na du im gut.