Democracy is rule of the majority. The majority can vote to oppress a minority; it’s how democracy has always worked.
The US had almost 200 years of being a democracy with blacks being oppressed democratically by the majority, just to give you an example.
I don’t know where the notion that democracy is inclusive came from, but everyone who holds that view needs to read a history book. You can make the moral judgement that democracy ought to be inclusive, but that does not mean that democracy is so by design, practice or even inception. That’s more of a modern moral judgement than a feature of democracy.
Majority rule however is a fundamental part of democracy. It’s why so many claim the electoral college is undemocratic (which it is with good cause). I gave a perfectly valid example of popularly backed oppression of a minority by a majority in a democratic country so instead of saying “no-no you’re wrong” debate the issue with actual arguments. Attacking me is not an argument.
Democracy is rule of the majority. The majority can vote to oppress a minority; it’s how democracy has always worked.
The US had almost 200 years of being a democracy with blacks being oppressed democratically by the majority, just to give you an example.
I don’t know where the notion that democracy is inclusive came from, but everyone who holds that view needs to read a history book. You can make the moral judgement that democracy ought to be inclusive, but that does not mean that democracy is so by design, practice or even inception. That’s more of a modern moral judgement than a feature of democracy.
Majority rule is not the same as democracy. I think you are the one in need of some reading.
Majority rule however is a fundamental part of democracy. It’s why so many claim the electoral college is undemocratic (which it is with good cause). I gave a perfectly valid example of popularly backed oppression of a minority by a majority in a democratic country so instead of saying “no-no you’re wrong” debate the issue with actual arguments. Attacking me is not an argument.