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> The alternative to majority rule is tyranny of the minority That's one alternative, but not the only one. Another alternative is for the government to not ha
by pdonis 4y ago
> The alternative to majority rule is tyranny of the minority
That's one alternative, but not the only one. Another alternative is for the government to not have the power to tyrannize in the first place. As the saying goes, the problem is not that politicians can be bought but that they have something valuable to sell.
> the majority of the country wants universal healthcare and legalized cannabis
I don't think this is true. I think vocal minorities want these things.
- dantheman 4y agoIf the government followed the constituion this wouldn't be problems: 1. Marijuana would never have been illegal at the federal level because an amendment wasn't passed. 2. Healthcare and any other federal welfare policies could be ennacted by passing an amendment. If there isn't broad consensus across the country to pass an amendment then states can do it independently. There is no reason a state can't have single payer healthcare, except that they don't want to pay for it and want to just add the cost to the national debt.
- 1_1xdev1 4y agoYou are ignoring the constitutional article granting congress the ability to make laws. Congress passed laws making weed illegal and hasn’t passed a law granting (or prohibiting) universal healthcare. States can, indeed do it independently. There’s at least 3 states with a public option
- arrosenberg 4y ago> Healthcare and any other federal welfare policies could be enacted by passing an amendment. All federal welfare policies can be enacted under the commerce clause and/or the general welfare clause.
- dantheman 4y agoYeah, exactly - what can't be enacted under the commerce clause. Everything impacts commerce, growing wheat on your own land for your own use impacts commerce. It's not legitimate. Once that door was opened, it went from enumerated power to anything not prohibited.
- comte7092 4y agohttps://news.gallup.com/poll/323582/support-legal-marijuana-inches-new-high.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/323582/support-legal-marijuana-...
- lotsoweiners 4y agoTrusting what you read in a poll is how you wake up the next morning and Trump has won the election.
- candiddevmike 4y agoThe election of Trump is a great example of the tyranny of the minority.
- comte7092 4y agoName a state that trump won where the polls showed him down over 36 points on the eve on the election.