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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by ballenf on Friday July 24, 2020 @03:54PM (#23943747)
If the people blocking roads were a majority of the population, they wouldn't need to engage in such protests.

Control of the majority by the minority is by definition not democratic.

Authoritarian regimes are the exact ones who control the majority with a small minority of the population.

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Re:Editorial board of Index and more than 70 staff members r... by newen on Friday July 24, 2020 @04:41PM (#23944193)
Tyranny of the majority can happen and so allowing minority populations to protest is part of democracy.
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