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Sunday, October 25, 2020

Minority rule is not democracy

"Democracy is supposed to be a game of numbers: The party with the most votes wins. In our political system, however, the majority does not govern," write political scientists Steven Levitsky and @dziblatt https://t.co/7PeyZbczxN
(https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1320383630900924421?s=02)

"...Critics of reform assert that counter-majoritarian institutions are essential to liberal democracy. We agree. That’s what the Bill of Rights and judicial review are for: to help ensure that individual liberties and minority rights are protected under majority rule. But disenfranchisement is not a feature of modern liberal democracy. No other established democracy has an Electoral College or makes regular use of the filibuster. And a political system that repeatedly allows a minority party to control the most powerful offices in the country cannot remain legitimate for long."

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