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> We shouldn’t just do things because the most people want it. I actually agree. "Should" is such a terrible word that I don't think we should use it at all. B
by uoaei 5y ago
> We shouldn’t just do things because the most people want it.
I actually agree. "Should" is such a terrible word that I don't think we should use it at all. But we do do the things that most people want, because that is by construction the primary desire on a societal scale. You are part of a bigger machine, whether you like it or not.
> Thats called tyranny by the majority.
Really funny that American neo-con reactionaries have introduced such a concept. Anywhere else, it's just called "democracy".
- CapricornNoble 5y ago>>> Thats called tyranny by the majority. >Really funny that American neo-con reactionaries have introduced such a concept. Anywhere else, it's just called "democracy". Your bias is showing... "Neo-con reactionaries" didn't introduce the concept. John Quincy Adams first did in 1788. It was popularized by John Stuart Mill in 1859. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
- kmonsen 5y agoMost democracies have some mechanism in place to prevent majorities to change too much at one and prevent abuse of minorities. One example many share is a constitution that needs more than a majority to change.