Oddbean new post about | logout
 "A few people decide over many" is true for any kind of organisation.

If you meant, that in a democracy, a majority dictates their will onto the rest, that idea is - at best - only very superficially true.

In a functioning democracy (i.e. the population is alert), no change can be made that excessively hurts even a 1% minority. Because otherwise you get protests, riots, etc. See Gilets Jaunes and similar movements.

Our current democracies are in danger from several sides:
- a complacent populace, sedated by free money and confused by crap on social media
- increasing centralisation (EU, WHO, FATF, …) and deference of authority ("we're just implementing <next layer up> recommendations")
- autocracies, using their transaction-based nature for a speed advantage to outplay rule-bound democracies.
- the broken fiat system, the collapsing of which was accelerated by excessive demands from both the unproductive (welfare state) and the ultra-rich (bail outs), both on the backs of the middle class.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests 
 What does that have to do with countries influenced by Islam? But okay.

The parliamentary construct with the parties' proposed solutions is not viable. The EU is a centralized bunch of egomaniacs. "DeMocRAcy" is in danger because at some point the system began to eat its way through the population like cancer. Social media are the problem? Then the ÖRR simply has the worse product. Keyword "4th estate/violance". Or as politicians would say today. 
"Yes, ähm, we just need ähm to explain our policies better." GFY 
Who do you think you are?
More anarchy. More disobedience. More barriers against politicians. 
You have decided to serve the people. 
They only push themselves and are overbearing. And they no longer hide it. 
Smug and hypocritical. 
 Are you:
A drunk
B deranged
C replying to something I didn't write
D all of the above
? 
 Only a little bit heated.
No offensive against you.
Only against politicians. 
 Happens to everyone. All good