Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec...
by stcredzero on Thursday April 30, 2020 @03:21PM
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it’s another to allow the minority to constantly overrule the majority
That's the whole point of protecting the minority. Otherwise, if the majority always wins, and the minority has to be satisfied with the crumbs left by the majority, the minority has effectively zero power. It's like writing an API. You know you're doing it right, when things mostly work, but there's someone, somewhere sorely dissatisfied with not getting their way.
In the words of one fictional British gentleman, "You don't have it. I don't have it. That's detente, comrade!"
That's the whole point of protecting the minority. Otherwise, if the majority always wins, and the minority has to be satisfied with the crumbs left by the majority, the minority has effectively zero power. It's like writing an API. You know you're doing it right, when things mostly work, but there's someone, somewhere sorely dissatisfied with not getting their way.
In the words of one fictional British gentleman, "You don't have it. I don't have it. That's detente, comrade!"