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‘We don’t have a democracy’: why some Oregonians want to join Idaho
(www.theguardian.com)
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That's the thing I've never understood about the "tyranny of the majority" folks, they're just arguing that we should do what fewer people think is the right thing to do and that seems objectively worse. If a majority of people disagree with you then you either work to change their minds or be introspective and see if you need to change yours. Sometimes you'll have to suck it up and deal with the fact that neither of those options will work but that's just the way it is. There is no alternative that works in the long term.
The problem is the supremacy of the individual ideology. They don't see themselves as members of a society who have to compromise to get along.
I believe in the rights of the individual, which is why I support free health care, education, and housing for all, so that every individual has a chance to succeed, no matter where they come from.
"No, not like that."
Right, but the tyranny they're taking about is other people having rights, and other people getting education, and other people getting healthcare, and other people having opportunities, and other people getting to vote. It isn't that they are losing anything. They just don't want people they think are inferior to be equal.
It doesn't work like that, Personal opportunities are far more numerous in the states than Canada, if you're willing to try,
There is such a thing as a tyranny of the majority but it’s just why we need ironclad rights
noooo.....we're busy aggressively misunderstanding the concept.
This is America it’s your right and national duty to do so sometimes. Gods know I do it myself. Carry on