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Re:Ethereum hard fork successful with mining majority by clarkmoody on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @11:59AM (#12130044)
> A gun, a hostage

Those are direct use of force, not authority or power.

> 51% voting majority

Can still be undermined by civil disobedience, if we're talking about society. Only a small minority in society (the police) use force to get you to submit. The rest submits to the authority of the law. A very small group can undermine the majority through civil disobedience, since they can outnumber the police very quickly.

Re:Ethereum hard fork successful with mining majority by pavel_lishin on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @01:39PM (#12130878)
Force compels submission, which grants authority.