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A comment on 95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority. Parent comment

Re:95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority by sowbug on Thursday February 23, 2023 @11:07AM (#34912308)
Most of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are dedicated to curtailing the abuses inherent in a pure democracy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_the_majority

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Re:95% of Bay Area Cities Lost Zoning Authority by notch898a on Thursday February 23, 2023 @11:20AM (#34912483)
Most of the abuses against the bill of rights I'd argue are also democratically unpopular. So how'd we get here with such prevailing winds of acts that are both unconstitutional and democratically unpopular?
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