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by pfortuny 20 days ago
What about the right of not being determined by others? Say, the 10% who vote no.
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Isn't that the problem with democracy? The tyranny of the majority and all that?
No, not tyranny necessarily. If it's malign morphing into hate speech, racial or genetic seregation, imposing religion, esp. backed up by state power that's a problem. For example, the US has a senate to balance out the house while at the same time California's take on something cannot be rejected out of hand reflexively as tyranny