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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
what alternative do you want? genuinely curious
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.
This is why majoritarianism isn’t democracy. A true democracy protects minorities from the reactionary elements of the majority.