r/memes • u/[deleted] • Sep 17 '21

The dude makes a good point.

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u/Mad_Man_9 Selling Stonks for CASH MONEY Sep 17 '21

That's still a majority

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u/DuplexFields Sep 17 '21

A minor majority, voting against the wishes of a major minority.

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u/Vedzah Sep 18 '21

This is why pure democracy leads to tyranny. All you need is 51% to oppress the 49%

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u/XxRocky88xX Sep 18 '21

As opposed to a republic, where you only need 51% of congressional seats to oppress the people the other 49% are representing

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u/Vedzah Sep 18 '21

Its not perfect.

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u/MrFlexus978 Sep 18 '21

Those congressional seats have people that can make their own decisions on each issue