In a nation in which full democracy prevails, the majority can overrun the minority. That's what happened in France, and that sparked a peripheral voter rebellion. Take a look at Joseph C. Sternberg's excellent article at this hyperlink: Macron’s Warning to America’s Ascendant Left. Alternate link.
My nomination for quote of the week is from the aforementioned article. Mr. Sternberg says the following:
Similar “peripheral” movements elsewhere, from the Sweden Democrats to the Alternative for Germany, also have discovered there’s a limit to their support somewhere short of one-third of the electorate. Not even Donald Trump represents a full victory of the periphery, having run two percentage points behind Hillary Clinton in the nationwide popular vote.
Yet peripheral voters still are a substantial minority. And the widespread rioting in France shows the dangers of allowing a healthy dose of democracy to transmogrify into a brutal majoritarianism. Majority rule has its place, but it’s no way to knit together a diverse society.
(Bold added for emphasis.)
Here in the U.S. Democrats clamor for full majority rule with their calls for the abolition of the Electoral College and senatorial elections without regard to state lines. If they are successful, France showed us there's a downside.
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1:42 PM 12/8/2018
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