You’re somehow equivocating “democracy” with a “dictatorship of the majority”
I’m doing no such thing. I’m saying democracy is what it actually is - the power of the people to exercise political control. Like this is literally the definition of democracy. Democracy is a form of government where the power is given to the people to elect a government.
Your view of a “democratic society” is not based on actual definitions. You’re talking more about “society” and societal norms. ie slavery is bad, murder is bad, etc. That’s not what is being discussed.
You even advocate for the option that modern societies should simply be allowed to regress into slaveholder societies
I’m advocating for democracy. What about this is hard to understand? Not all democracy gives the result that you want.
If 75% of the populace decided that you have to become a slave, would you find this just?
It’s irrelevant if I’d find it “just”. I would agree that it was democratically chosen and is the will of the people. Do you disagree with that? If 75% of the population agree on something, do you think that the 25% should get to overrule it?
Man, you seem scarily enthusiastic at the prospect
Ok now there are 2 possibilities here:
You legitimately don’t understand how examples work, how points are made, how conversations and debates work
You’re arguing in bad faith.
There is no way you could come up with that line outside of those 2 possibilities. I displayed no enthusiasm whatsoever. I was using an example to make a point, an example at the extreme end to drive the point home. You somehow mistook this as some sort of orgasmic fever dream, or you’re arguing in bad faith. Like that quote you just made is a textbook bad faith argument. You invented something and attributed it to me based on thin air, acting like you know my intentions more than I do.
My point is that what you think is “fascism” absolutely could win in a landslide. It could happen - that’s democracy. Democracy doesn’t have to be undermined - democracy just has to be respected. Trump just won 53%….what if JD Vance wins 63% next time? 73% the time after? What if the AfD wins 60% next time? That’s democracy, and you can’t argue with that.
Arguing that they should be banned because you don’t agree with their policies is literally saying you don’t want democracy. You’re saying that government should no longer be formed democratically.
Let me turn that question around to you - if 75% of the German population agreed with the AfD policies and voted for them at the next election, no “election interference”, no fraud whatsoever, just legitimately 75% of all voters voted for them………what would you say should happen? Would you agree that they won the democratic election and should form government? Would you agree that the democratic process was followed?
Your view of a “democratic society” is not based on actual definitions.
You may need to look at definitions. You are simply arguing against modern democracy. It may comply with the Greek definition of the term but things have changed.
If 75% of the population agree on something, do you think that the 25% should get to overrule it?
If those 75% unjustly take away the rights of a part of the citizenship? Obviously the 25% overrule them. Human rights come before majority vote.
I displayed no enthusiasm whatsoever.
Tell that to the person responsible for your phrasing.
Trump just won 53%….what if JD Vance wins 63% next time?
Trump somehow keeps dropping hints that people won’t need to vote again. Weird how that happens, especially given that the admin ignores parliament and law and due process wherever it can. Trump’s ratings of course drop right now. The only reason for him to even allow another election to go ahead is if there’s propaganda win to be wrung out of it.
Would you agree that they won the democratic election and should form government? Would you agree that the democratic process was followed?
For one thing, in Germany legal proceedings both could and should have occurred against Afd at some point in the past years. Germany shouldn’t even be at this point, the constitution does allow a way out. Politicians of democratic forces literally didn’t do their job.
The constitution does also include Art. 20 p. 4, legitimizing a general strike against people trying to undo the constitutional order. Realistically, it likely wouldn’t happen nearly at the level needed to make a difference though.
In any case, no, you shouldn’t give power to obviously antidemocratic forces.
Democracy has nothing to do with social norms etc. It has nothing to do with feelings etc. It is a system of electing a government.
Obviously the 25% overrule them
No, not obviously lol. That’s not how democracy works. It’s literally not democracy. How can the 25% overrule them even if they wanted to? That’s a dictatorship.
Tell that to the person responsible for your phrasing
No, I’ll tell the person responsible for your comprehension skill that they need to go back to the drawing boards because it didn’t stick. The point that was being made was that you’re saying that even in an absolutely overwhelmingly large never before happened majority winning vote, you think the other side should win……and you still think that’s democracy! Hahaha. The point was to make the point as extreme as it possibly can be to point out how bad your logic is there. The 1% of voters don’t get to dictate to the 99% just because the 1% think they’re morally superior. The 99% win because thats democracy. You don’t just give veto powers to the side you support lol.
Trump keeps dropping hints that people won’t need to vote again
Rubbish lol. Show us these hints - and no, the pre-election message to the Christian’s who never usually vote of “vote this once and you won’t have to again because we’ll fix everything” was NOT saying that. It was saying “just vote me in this time and then go back to not voting because everything will be so good more and more people will just keep voting for me”.
Making amendments to the constitution is not the same as “trying to undo the constitutional order”. This shouldn’t even need to be said. Constitutional amendments are a thing. They happen. Americans love their amendments, especially the second one.
Again your argument boils down to “my party needs to become authoritarian fascists and destroy democracy so the party I don’t like doesn’t get into power”, and you can’t see how that is absolutely terrible and goes against everything the western world stands for, everything democracy stands for.
You don’t get to install yourself as dictators because you think the other side will install themselves as dictators at some stage. That’s not how it works lol. You are the bad guys in that situation.
Kudos on not deleting every comment of mine btw. We’re making progress!
I’m doing no such thing. I’m saying democracy is what it actually is - the power of the people to exercise political control. Like this is literally the definition of democracy. Democracy is a form of government where the power is given to the people to elect a government.
Your view of a “democratic society” is not based on actual definitions. You’re talking more about “society” and societal norms. ie slavery is bad, murder is bad, etc. That’s not what is being discussed.
I’m advocating for democracy. What about this is hard to understand? Not all democracy gives the result that you want.
It’s irrelevant if I’d find it “just”. I would agree that it was democratically chosen and is the will of the people. Do you disagree with that? If 75% of the population agree on something, do you think that the 25% should get to overrule it?
Ok now there are 2 possibilities here:
There is no way you could come up with that line outside of those 2 possibilities. I displayed no enthusiasm whatsoever. I was using an example to make a point, an example at the extreme end to drive the point home. You somehow mistook this as some sort of orgasmic fever dream, or you’re arguing in bad faith. Like that quote you just made is a textbook bad faith argument. You invented something and attributed it to me based on thin air, acting like you know my intentions more than I do.
My point is that what you think is “fascism” absolutely could win in a landslide. It could happen - that’s democracy. Democracy doesn’t have to be undermined - democracy just has to be respected. Trump just won 53%….what if JD Vance wins 63% next time? 73% the time after? What if the AfD wins 60% next time? That’s democracy, and you can’t argue with that.
Arguing that they should be banned because you don’t agree with their policies is literally saying you don’t want democracy. You’re saying that government should no longer be formed democratically.
Let me turn that question around to you - if 75% of the German population agreed with the AfD policies and voted for them at the next election, no “election interference”, no fraud whatsoever, just legitimately 75% of all voters voted for them………what would you say should happen? Would you agree that they won the democratic election and should form government? Would you agree that the democratic process was followed?
You may need to look at definitions. You are simply arguing against modern democracy. It may comply with the Greek definition of the term but things have changed.
If those 75% unjustly take away the rights of a part of the citizenship? Obviously the 25% overrule them. Human rights come before majority vote.
Tell that to the person responsible for your phrasing.
Trump somehow keeps dropping hints that people won’t need to vote again. Weird how that happens, especially given that the admin ignores parliament and law and due process wherever it can. Trump’s ratings of course drop right now. The only reason for him to even allow another election to go ahead is if there’s propaganda win to be wrung out of it.
For one thing, in Germany legal proceedings both could and should have occurred against Afd at some point in the past years. Germany shouldn’t even be at this point, the constitution does allow a way out. Politicians of democratic forces literally didn’t do their job.
The constitution does also include Art. 20 p. 4, legitimizing a general strike against people trying to undo the constitutional order. Realistically, it likely wouldn’t happen nearly at the level needed to make a difference though.
In any case, no, you shouldn’t give power to obviously antidemocratic forces.
Democracy has nothing to do with social norms etc. It has nothing to do with feelings etc. It is a system of electing a government.
No, not obviously lol. That’s not how democracy works. It’s literally not democracy. How can the 25% overrule them even if they wanted to? That’s a dictatorship.
No, I’ll tell the person responsible for your comprehension skill that they need to go back to the drawing boards because it didn’t stick. The point that was being made was that you’re saying that even in an absolutely overwhelmingly large never before happened majority winning vote, you think the other side should win……and you still think that’s democracy! Hahaha. The point was to make the point as extreme as it possibly can be to point out how bad your logic is there. The 1% of voters don’t get to dictate to the 99% just because the 1% think they’re morally superior. The 99% win because thats democracy. You don’t just give veto powers to the side you support lol.
Rubbish lol. Show us these hints - and no, the pre-election message to the Christian’s who never usually vote of “vote this once and you won’t have to again because we’ll fix everything” was NOT saying that. It was saying “just vote me in this time and then go back to not voting because everything will be so good more and more people will just keep voting for me”.
Making amendments to the constitution is not the same as “trying to undo the constitutional order”. This shouldn’t even need to be said. Constitutional amendments are a thing. They happen. Americans love their amendments, especially the second one.
Again your argument boils down to “my party needs to become authoritarian fascists and destroy democracy so the party I don’t like doesn’t get into power”, and you can’t see how that is absolutely terrible and goes against everything the western world stands for, everything democracy stands for.
You don’t get to install yourself as dictators because you think the other side will install themselves as dictators at some stage. That’s not how it works lol. You are the bad guys in that situation.
Kudos on not deleting every comment of mine btw. We’re making progress!