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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.wik
by amelius 8mo 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 8mo agoIsn't democracy "for the people by the people". Majority = more people. I guess "bad" majority shouldn't get a say?
- rootusrootus 8mo agoHow 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.