MemeLogic - Mob Rule Is Not Democracy

morkrock (70)in #meme • 5 years ago

What Happened To Principals?

Thought I would just share my two cents on this idea that people can just vote stuff and if the majority agrees, then that's what the people get. Unfortunately that is not at all how democracy works, this only applies to to electing members of that government and representatives for the people. The problem with trying to apply majority rule to everything else is that, 51% can then just vote to kill the 49% and that who be a majority rule. This is why most countries have a constitution which protects the minority from this kind of thing ever happening, it places civil liberties above mob rule. People can not vote to infringe on your human rights and property rights.

"Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it." - Thomas Sowell

"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 60 years ago, a liberal 30 years ago and a racist today." - Thomas Sowell

We are currently living in a society where people think it is complete fine to vote to take things away from other people, one that stands out to me, is the argument that the 1% should pay their fair share when it comes to tax. Why do they think that it's is okay to violate someone else's property rights, just because they have more. Either these rules apply to everyone in the same way or it's prejudiced and ends up not being in any way equality. These are all things we need to consider when we advocate for things that seem right, just because it feels right does not make it just. We need to deal with these thing from a place of principals and not feelings.