emmaubler:Yes, our federal government was deliberately structured to provide checks and balances and
emmaubler:Yes, our federal government was deliberately structured to provide checks and balances and prevent the tyranny of the majority. Some of those checks have already been obliterated, but some still remain. Similarily, in a regular criminal trial it doesn’t matter if the jury is split 7-5 in favor of a guilty verdict–they have to be unanimous. Convictions require a higher threshold than majority rule by design. “Tyranny of the majority” is just what authoritarians call democracy. The alternative to “tyranny of the majority” is “tyranny of the minority” where a small group of people have power over the majority of people, which we call oligarchy. -- source link