"anti-majoritarian" My sides now occupy all space in the universe. I guess the mask can come off at this point. "When you are a majority we'll demand you destroy your own society to cater to minorities. When you are a minority we will fucking crush you because we can."
When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
Only in today's feminized, non-confrontational democracy. In an earlier time, the minority would have taken their chances and fought the majority, especially if it's their lives at stake.
It may be apocryphal, but it goes like this: In the earliest democracies, men voted by raising their issued spears in the air. This sends a clear message to the minority: You will likely die in battle against the majority, so it was in your best interest to just let them have what they want, peacefully.
"anti-majoritarian" My sides now occupy all space in the universe. I guess the mask can come off at this point. "When you are a majority we'll demand you destroy your own society to cater to minorities. When you are a minority we will fucking crush you because we can."
When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
Do the 1,000,001 have the right to end the 1,000,000? In a democracy, yes they do.
Only in today's feminized, non-confrontational democracy. In an earlier time, the minority would have taken their chances and fought the majority, especially if it's their lives at stake.
It may be apocryphal, but it goes like this: In the earliest democracies, men voted by raising their issued spears in the air. This sends a clear message to the minority: You will likely die in battle against the majority, so it was in your best interest to just let them have what they want, peacefully.