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I mean you said 60 percent yourself, that would be a majority decision, and a democratic one.

I'm not sure the point you're trying to make here.

Voters restrict their own freedoms all the time. Hell, my state recently passed a law preventing Ranked Choice voting.



I'm not following you. I didn't say 60%? And 60% is a supermajority, not a majority. Which is a huge distinction. And US constitutional amendments require much stricter thresholds than that -- two thirds of Congress and three quarters of states. That's a gigantic bar.

Yes voters try to restrict their own freedoms all the time. We have constitutions with rights to block them from doing that in fundamental ways. That's what protection from tyranny of the majority is all about. Just because you have a majority doesn't mean you're allowed to take away rights. That's a fundamental principle of democracy. Democracy isn't just majority rule -- it's the protection of rights as well.




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