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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just because the will of the majority is repugnant doesn't make it not democracy, or "democracy" (implying that it is, in some way, not true democracy).

I agree with most of your points, but this is not true as the majority can easily make a nation undemocratic.

A functioning democracy needs to ensure there is no tyranny of the majority.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

The idea of a 'tyranny of the majority' is unrelated to whether or not a polity is a democracy, though you are correct that a majority can make a nation undemocratic. This is achieved, though, by removing the responsiveness of the government to popular opinion, not by popular opinion being in favor of (and achieving) dogshit oppression.