RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 day agoTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square219fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down17
arrow-up11.03Karrow-down1external-linkTIL No Kings Protests were the 3rd Largest in US Historyen.wikipedia.orgRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 1 day agomessage-square219fedilink
minus-squaredandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·19 hours agolooting will not be supported by the majority
minus-squarenewfie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoOligarchy is not supported by the majority. Yet it exists nonetheless
minus-squaredandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agooligarchy is supported by the rich and powerful which is how it exists against the majority; I doubt you’re suggesting looting is a feasible option for the same reasons…
minus-squarenewfie@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 hour agoThe point is that majority support is unnecessary for a thing to exist. In fact, it increasingly appears to be an irrelevant metric in general
looting will not be supported by the majority
Oligarchy is not supported by the majority. Yet it exists nonetheless
oligarchy is supported by the rich and powerful which is how it exists against the majority; I doubt you’re suggesting looting is a feasible option for the same reasons…
The point is that majority support is unnecessary for a thing to exist. In fact, it increasingly appears to be an irrelevant metric in general