Isn't true (simplistic) democracy exactly that though? Provided you are fortunate enough to be part of a majority.Originally Posted by Dayuhan
Isn't true (simplistic) democracy exactly that though? Provided you are fortunate enough to be part of a majority.
Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. (Christopher Columbus)
All great truth passes through three stages: first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
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That would be the simplistic version, yes. The US system is set up on the premise that certain rights may not be intruded upon even if the majority desires it. Defining the nature and extent of those rights is a continuing process with no final answer. Overall I think there's been a steady trend toward increased protection of the rights of minorities, which the majority might in some cases perceive as intrusion upon their right to have their way... but of course that's a trend, not a rile, and there are plenty of exceptions.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary”
H.L. Mencken
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