Majority

[supergee]

One thing from my libertarian days that still makes sense is that in a democracy one vote can theoretically change what everyone has to do. A system that can make almost half the people miserable is deficient and should be used only as a last resort.

Rump didn’t get a mandate; whether he got a majority is debatable. The problem is that the US is split down the middle (like a tuchus, as an old family friend would say) and we don’t know how to deal with that.

Comments

[arlie]

This is the reason many democracies have slow down features, and often also customs that inhibit change, particularly drastic change. They also often build in minority protections.

A true democracy would be tyranny of the majority. IIRC, some of the ancient Greek polis tried that out, with dubious results.

The US has a constitution for a reason, and it's not so that 50.000001 % of those who voted can walk all over everyone else.

Too bad humans can break, ignore, and/or abuse just about anything.

[warriorsavant]

Definitely going to steal that tuchas line.