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Over 60% of Americans are homeowners. In any functioning democracy, they ought to be the people in power.

• WarOnPrivacy 7mo ago
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• amelius 7mo ago
  That's the tyranny of the majority. This is not how a functioning democracy should behave. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority
  • commiepatrol 7mo ago
    Isn't democracy "for the people by the people". Majority = more people. I guess "bad" majority shouldn't get a say?
    • rootusrootus 7mo ago
      How do you address the comment you replied to, though? Are you suggesting that in a population with, say, 300,000,000 people, it is okay for 150,000,001 to vote to oppress the remaining 149,999,999? In any case, in America we often treat democracy as rule by the plurality anyway, it is often not a majority.