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 nostr:npub1erh5vy32767hn23eugelglz29wz4ua7r3enfnq0fhe85mkt2gsxsfaw6xs  Democracy is by definition forcing the will of the majority onto the rest of the population. A.k.a. Authoritarianism.

Except its literally not. The primary definition of democracy doesnt even use the word majority:

“a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections”

In fact while there are other secondary definitions that include majority, those definitions apply only when used more generally (as in not specific to the context of national governments)

In fact we only need to look at example to know what you said is false, The USA, the UK, and effectively every nation in the world, doesnt have a simple majority to win. In fact all these nations are designed to have some mechanism to ensure a simple majority, a tyranny of the majority, isnt possible.

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