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  • Shard@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.worldYeah, so...
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    2 years ago

    The founding fathers were correct. A pure democracy is also known as mob rule. Anytime you can get 51% to agree with you, you can do whatever you like.

    If 51% vote to take the homes of black people, that’s decided and done.

    Which is why modern democracies are all some form of representative democracy. Which in theory is supposed to act as a sort of check and balance on the system.





  • Shard@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world"Housing" Proposals
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    2 years ago

    It was never a free market because of antiquated zoning laws. At very least free market would have driven more dense residential construction because they would have made more return on their buck. We need to allow and even promote medium rise residential zoning in more home scarcity is an issue.

    Land owners be damned, the needs of the many outweigh the greed of the few.


  • Wrong.

    Violence is the supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived.

    When all else fails violence is the final answer.

    What do you do when someone is violently trying to knock down your door?

    You call the police and they come and they ask the person to leave nicely.

    He refuses and gets more aggressive, either they restraint him and drag him away or use some other method that involves violence.

    I challenge you to show a real world example of ending oppression that was achieved by asking nicely when one side refuses to come to the negotiating table.