Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by Dolores12 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @05:30PM
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That's how democracy works. Are you against democracy?
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Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by bzbarsky on Friday November 18, 2016 @02:35AM
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Yes. Any thinking person should be against democracy in the sense of "any time we can get one vote over 50% for something we should pass the something".
This is why the US government was set up with various undemocratic features. This is why there are things like constitutions that require supermajorities to modify.
Protecting minorities from the tyranny of the majority is one of the main purposes of good governmenance.
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by mempko on Friday November 18, 2016 @03:36AM
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Any thinking person recognizes that in the function "votes(issue) > X%" X isn't fixed to 50. I think people should get a say in proportion to how much it affects them and having X be 100% is a perfectly sane and optimal democratic decision process.
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by bzbarsky on Friday November 18, 2016 @08:01AM
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Having X be 100% means nothing ever gets decided outside of very very small groups. See http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/12/noisy-poll-results-and-... for some actual data on what people do when presented with polls.
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by Dolores12 on Friday November 18, 2016 @05:11AM
(#12985666)
Yeah, thats why Trump won with minority of votes. Just as you like. And i like it too!
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by Broken_Hippo on Friday November 18, 2016 @07:35AM
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The US isn't even a democracy so it doesn't really apply, does it? He'd not have won in a democracy.
Democracy screws folks over very easily.
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by bzbarsky on Saturday November 19, 2016 @12:34AM
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Please don't make assumptions about what I like.
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by DrJokepu on Thursday November 17, 2016 @05:39PM
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There's a difference between democracy and ochlocracy ("mob rule").
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by rangibaby on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:26PM
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It's democracy (with a small d) when I agree with it, ochlocracy when I don't?
Re:LinkedIn is now officially blocked in Russia
by DrJokepu on Friday November 18, 2016 @04:15AM
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No, this is a rather cynical thing to say.
In a free society, the rule of the people is only one of the pillars of freedom. Other pillars include the rule of law, certain inalienable rights, etc. Without these, the rule of the people descend into majoritianism or ochlocracy.
The textbook example of ochlocracy is the French Revolution between the Insurrection of 10 August 1792 and the Thermidorian Reaction.