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Comment Re:Oh, Such Greatness (Score 2) 263

...so that the minority does not continue to control all three branches of government with no need to compromise or listen to science and facts.

The Rwandan Genocide (1994)
The Hutu majority (about 85% of the population) dominated the political structures.
When extremist Hutu politicians gained power, they fueled propaganda leading to:
Mass violence against the Tutsi minority,
One of the fastest and deadliest genocides in modern history.
Here, majority rule enabled atrocities rather than preventing them.

Weimar Germany (1930–1933)
The Nazi Party never won an outright majority in a free election—they topped out at ~37%—but they did build coalitions with majority support in parliament to pass measures: The Enabling Act, which effectively dismantled democracy, passed with a majority vote. Majoritarian support was weaponized to strip rights from minorities. This is a classic case where the majority’s fears, resentments, and nationalism were the driving force behind self-destruction of the system.

So, no majority doesn't guarantee a better system. Sometimes same old in just a different flavor.

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