At the federal level, yes. But voting exists at all levels, and I've found that the more local, the more you're exposed to the tyranny of the majority. My exa

At the federal level, yes. But voting exists at all levels, and I've found that the more local, the more you're exposed to the tyranny of the majority. My example is based off the very real Portland Metro Supportive Housing Tax. The process was: get measure on ballot => get > 50% of votes. There were no "better men" involved to declare gov welfare as beyond the scope of government. All it took were a bunch of people that wanted an outcome voting for a process to achieve that outcome without having to pay for it. My point was that I'm effectively powerless to prevent that issue or to reverse it, yet it's likely much easier to change relative to Russian, state-level policies, and I'm not dealing with physical dangers. Hence my condolences to the Russian.