Re:Mass Timber Is Great, but It Will Not Solve the Housing S...
by cortesoft on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @01:45PM
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Democracy is not an easily defined concept in practice.
In theory, Democracy is simply the idea that the government is formed from the will of the people... but there is no single will of the people. How do you decide, then, what the will of the people is?
Many of us have grown up with the idea that 'majority rules' is democracy, but why? What makes 51% a magic number?
Most modern democracies don't like the idea of a majority suppressing a minority, so we put restrictions on what the majority can do. Is that undemocratic? Is the Bill of Rights undemocratic because it blocks the will of the people?
In theory, Democracy is simply the idea that the government is formed from the will of the people... but there is no single will of the people. How do you decide, then, what the will of the people is?
Many of us have grown up with the idea that 'majority rules' is democracy, but why? What makes 51% a magic number?
Most modern democracies don't like the idea of a majority suppressing a minority, so we put restrictions on what the majority can do. Is that undemocratic? Is the Bill of Rights undemocratic because it blocks the will of the people?
There are no easy answers to these questions.