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Re:On Redis master-slave terminology (2018) by capitol_ on Saturday June 13, 2020 @11:11AM (#23509964)
It's a bit unclear if you are just trying to express the authors views or your own, but if those are your own views I felt that it warranted a reply.

The concept of "dictatorship of small minority" implies that the only governing principle should be the vote of the majority. But that is a deeply flawed system, if there wasn't any other rule than "majority wins" then all oppression of minorities becomes valid and all abuse where the perpetrators outnumber the victims.

For a system to be fair there must exist more rules than that, for example "respect bodily autonomy" and "no oppression of minorities" and so on. Many of those rules are more fundamental than the "majority wins" rule and more important to uphold.

If those are not your own views: Sorry for the rant.

Re:On Redis master-slave terminology (2018) by luckylion on Saturday June 13, 2020 @11:46AM (#23510243)
> The concept of "dictatorship of small minority" implies that the only governing principle should be the vote of the majority.

No, it does not. "I don't want to live under dictator A" does not imply "I want to enslave A" or "I want to live under dictator B", it only implies that I do not want to live under dictator A.