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Look over to Europe. Even the majority wins, still the rights of minorities are protected. It doesn't mean it's will is protected. One example: Roma people: Ev

Look over to Europe. Even the majority wins, still the rights of minorities are protected. It doesn't mean it's will is protected. One example: Roma people: Everyone hates them, but still they can exercise their rights. Birth abortion: there are a lot of people who try to do it but are hindered by aggression. To protect their rights is the democratic states exercise. And so on. I don't think Europe has less contention between different groups, nor less diversity. You're right, that the diversity will get less in harmonic societies, but in my eyes because each member of the society takes up the thinking and learnings of the society because it's good, not because the society forces him to. There's is s difference between majorities will and minorities rights. Rights are the same of each of the members :)

throwaway11460 3y ago
Winning an election doesn't mean majority. See what a majority can do about birth abortions in Poland. It was practically the first thing they did once they could.
- theGeatZhopa 3y ago
  Winning an election is a part of a democratic process. Making the laws in the legislative part as a election-winnet is another democratic process: consensus finding. It's not always possible to do "as said" - you need a majority of the elected members to vote for. There's also a lot of bargaining like "if you vote for x, then you'll get y for that". Just take the parliament of Israel with it's 40 or so parties and each with their own wishes. Just take the Parlament of Germany, or that of Poland. As always: the one wins, who can bring more people/votes onto his side. If the Poland's conservative party with a big percentage of Poland's inhabitants is against birth control and abortions, and the elections winner is the opposite of the conservative - then you have a problem and need to bargain with the other peergroup of conservatists.. So, winning an election is actually meaning majority. But coalitions of other parties may sum up to a bigger vote count / majority. In either case you have the government and the opposition. The opposition can be higher in vote counts. It's getting difficult to find a consensus with something if the bigger opposition doesn't agree. .. democracy... :)

throwaway11460 3y ago

Winning an election doesn't mean majority. See what a majority can do about birth abortions in Poland. It was practically the first thing they did once they could.

theGeatZhopa 3y ago
Winning an election is a part of a democratic process. Making the laws in the legislative part as a election-winnet is another democratic process: consensus finding. It's not always possible to do "as said" - you need a majority of the elected members to vote for. There's also a lot of bargaining like "if you vote for x, then you'll get y for that". Just take the parliament of Israel with it's 40 or so parties and each with their own wishes. Just take the Parlament of Germany, or that of Poland. As always: the one wins, who can bring more people/votes onto his side. If the Poland's conservative party with a big percentage of Poland's inhabitants is against birth control and abortions, and the elections winner is the opposite of the conservative - then you have a problem and need to bargain with the other peergroup of conservatists.. So, winning an election is actually meaning majority. But coalitions of other parties may sum up to a bigger vote count / majority. In either case you have the government and the opposition. The opposition can be higher in vote counts. It's getting difficult to find a consensus with something if the bigger opposition doesn't agree. .. democracy... :)