Former Zoox employees sue, alleging rival offer was better than Amazon's

Re:Former Zoox employees sue, alleging rival offer was bette... by pontus on Friday August 21, 2020 @08:51AM (#24234446)

Many governments have been built in ways to try to mitigate this. For example, in the US we have the electoral college and the Senate (where each state has an equal vote). Not saying I support the electoral college (I don't), but at least there's some thought behind it...

Another example is the parliamentary system where each party gets some type of representation in the government and where absolute majorities are rare.

Point being that governments, while democratic in flavor, have implemented some safeguards against this type of tyrany of the majority.

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Re:Former Zoox employees sue, alleging rival offer was bette... by celticninja on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:41AM (#24234789)

not sure those safeguards are working effectively in the US.

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Re:Former Zoox employees sue, alleging rival offer was bette... by pontus on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:08PM (#24236062)

Not sure if I necessarily agree that the issue we face in the US has to do with "tyrany of the majority", but even if it does I would never claim that the system is perfect, hence the "try to mitigate this" part of the statement above.

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Re:Former Zoox employees sue, alleging rival offer was bette... by leesalminen on Friday August 21, 2020 @09:57AM (#24234907)

They’re designed to provide some protection to the political minority. Seems to be working just fine from where I sit.

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