08-22-2023, 07:29 PM
(08-22-2023, 06:27 PM)Dill Wrote: A minority of a voting population in a liberal democracy can impose it's will on a majority in several ways, one of which is to capture the legislative branch, and then, as a legislative majority, capture the judiciary via control of nomination.
Sure, if enough people don't vote. But that's a personal decision and if you take no time to vote then you cannot then claim to be an oppressed majority.
Quote:I was going to mention Pally's reference to gerrymandering. Thanks for the reminder. That is one way a minority can can become a "majority" in a legislature and use that to impose their will on a majority of citizens who will otherwise. Her examples of minority imposition are excellent.
She definitely made a much more compelling argument in two posts then you have in considerably more. Odd that you have nothing to say in regard to my rebuttal of her post. The biggest problem with gerrymandering as a cog in your argument is that you need majority legislative control to implement it.
Quote:Not clear that you do "actually get what I'm trying to say" if you're still claiming "all three steps require a majority to achieve."
But you are not willing or able to summarize my argument to show that you do, so best we leave off the topic.
If I'm not understanding your point then it's clearly because you're doing a very poor job of making it. The aforementioned pally's post was easily comprehensible and did not rely on hyperbole like "super-minority" and was, thus, easily understood. But you may be correct, if you cannot articulate your point in an understandable manner it is time to cease the back and forth. Enjoy the rest of your day.
