The phrase should have actually read "a great minority of people decided to uphold their end of the bargain". You can't read people's intentions through their i

The phrase should have actually read "a great minority of people decided to uphold their end of the bargain". You can't read people's intentions through their inaction. The same sort of argument is made by people who protest a vote by not voting. Not voting doesn't convey any information as to the reason for not voting; it's lumped in with "didn't vote because of apathy" or "didn't vote because of illness". There's no way to infer intent from a non-action.