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Reduce power of the majority by collectively limiting power of government.

• tremon 5y ago
  And what happens when government stops being the majority power in a country? Should we still work to limit the power of government, or should we work towards limiting the power of the new majority?
  • po1nt 5y ago
    The issue is whether the new majority power gives itself monopoly of violence.
• mytailorisrich 5y ago
  That's exactly what having basic rights and human rights does. Of course this is a bit circular reasoning because this works only if everyone abides by these rules, so in practice protects only against relatively 'mild' infringements and situations (i.e. the people are expected to be reasonable enough not to vote extremists in power... if not, all bets are off but that's true of all laws)
  • po1nt 5y ago
    Don't blame the player, blame the game. Democracy will always converge into extremism the more power government has over people's lives. If you become reliant on government acting violently against the power minority and let government increase it's power, it will always lead to this. It's self feeding problem. The only solution is slowly to deny government power over people.