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Protests are like backburning/hazard reduction burns of forests. Banning them to prevent minor disorder tends to lead to major disorder further ahead. Democrac
by plantain 3y ago
Protests are like backburning/hazard reduction burns of forests. Banning them to prevent minor disorder tends to lead to major disorder further ahead.
Democracy by its nature poorly represents minorities and protest is an important backchannel of information that some group isn't being appropriately represented, a reminder that society only functions with almost universal participation of the minorities as well.
- contrarian1234 3y agoI'm pretty sure mob/majority rule has been the primary criticism of democracy since the very beginning. Since the democratic murder of Socrates. The things protecting minorities are not protests or democracy, but education, with a sprinkle of "endoctrination" in socially positive values. In the USA you add on top of that what are in effect dictates from the holy founding fathers (like the bill of rights) which are worshipped like devine commandments. These things are not products of democracy but quite the opposite. Permanent rules developed by philosopher king founders to keep democracy in check Countries that lack education or "philosopher kings" seem to devolve to democratic system of majority tyranny