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You have no clue about democracy. Not understanding this very point is extremely dangerous. A majority vote on a tax law is not a problem. A majority vote on ki
by bayesian_horse 4y ago
You have no clue about democracy. Not understanding this very point is extremely dangerous. A majority vote on a tax law is not a problem. A majority vote on killing off a minority very much is, but that's just the most extreme and obvious example.
Take voting rights. Switzerland was last of all the "civilized" democracies to establish full voting rights for women. Why? Well, the current voters had to vote for that constitutional amendment, and them being all male they had no big problem with denying women a vote. In the US plenty of states suffer from a similar dynamic where politicians actually keep a majority beyond what the population actually wants by making it harder for minorities to vote. All those things are not democratic despite getting voted on in supposedly democratic systems.