It's the only way Obama can say things like "Don't let them take away your democracy" while the DNC actively rejects things that are undeniably popular among a majority of all Americans, let alone people who register as democrats.

  • Moosegender [he/him]
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    That sounds like majoritarianism. Not democracy.

    The majority supported the war on drugs in the 80’s. Including blacks. That don’t make it right.

    • leftofthat [he/him]
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      I would say it does make it right. It's a hard pill to swallow but one that needs to be taken in order to orient yourself towards building a system that will work and has some strength to it.

      For the same reason that universal benefits are harder to break than means tested benefits, trying to give rights to a minority is always going to result in a perversion of democracy. Sometimes it will be good and sometimes it will be bad. But you'll never have "democracy" at the end.

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        Tell the generations of black men lost to the prison industrial complex that it was right that they suffered because the majority of Americans are bloodthirsty.

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      Democracy isn't always right, tyranny by either majority or those with the biggest microphones can result in deeply unpopular and bad things happening within any particular democratic system.

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          Democracy really isn't a singular thing, but all in all, I still think having the ability to vote to change things to a certain degree is important.

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        This is why majoritarianism isn’t democracy. A true democracy protects minorities from the reactionary elements of the majority.