Re: [atlarge-discuss] Report to the ERC from the ALAC-AG (2/2)

[Paul <notmyopinion@btinternet.com>]

Joop Teernstra wrote:
> Judith Oppenheimer wrote:
>
> > > The problem with one man one vote is that the voice of the
> > > regions with the highest internet penetration may well
> > > drown all other voices, in a tyranny of the majority.
> >
> > I am a minority in more ways than I care to share.  
>> But I'll take my chances.  One [wo]man, one vote.
> It is the only legitimate way. 
> Everything else is prone to abuse.


It's not as simple as that. All systems are open to abuse.
The abuse that one [wo]man one vote can generate is the
persistent overruling (or oppression) of a minority interest.
That's why governments have constitutions and checks and
balances.

Even at the heart of the US government, there is a "regional"
provision that gives each state equal representation (still
using one person one vote). You can debate whether that's
a good system. But it's fairly democratic.


> It is always the gerrymanderers, seeking special ways 
> of tipping the balance, who cry "tyranny of the majority"
> instead of acknowledging the democracy of majority rule.


Please don't write me off as an enemy of the people
just yet :-)

   Paul





> --Joop

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 Paul the argumentative     ( notmyopinion@btinternet.com )
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