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I would argue that a 50/50 vote is not democratic, as it does not represent a majority.


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It's not democratic.

If 50% of the population aren't allowed to vote, it's not a pure democracy.

It is, actually. Just because you don't like the outcome, that doesn't mean it's less democratic.

I didn't say it was un-democratic. I was trying to point out that democracy can be a bad thing when the majority decides to vote themselves power to the detriment of the minority.

It's not a democracy when some people have exponentially more votes than others.

Doesn't sound democratic. Hmm...

It doesn't matter how many votes there are or how many times it's done, it's not democracy if it's not the outcome you like.

Not sure how democratic that is. It’s not like there were elections.

That's not about democracy per se, that's electoral college/states specifics.

Still democracy in general is exactly "majority rules". In democratic society of 100 people opinion of 51 would be enough to trump and ignore whatever remaining 49 want.


See.. there's that..

The votes aren't there means most people don't agree. As much as I don't like it, democracy is.


It may be good, but it's not democratic.

It is not democracy if it doesn't have a none of the above option.

A democratic state is elected by the majority, as such, the state should share the same definition as the majority. That's the deal we're taking when we decide to live in a democracy: that we will abide by the law of the majority. This doesn't mean we have to agree: it means we have to convince the majority if we want a change.

But a state that can't defend the majority because of an open letter signed by a hundred crypto anarchists seems pretty bad to have indeed!


That's not how democracy works.

It's not democratic at all. It's specifically the use of resources to impersonate votes.

Why does this matter? The majority of votes is not the decider in this 'democracy'.

Why is not democratic?

When my vote != everyone else's vote that is not a democracy. Just because everyone gets a say but we listen to these people more doesn't mean you have a democratic system. If anything you can for sure say it's not democratic.

Democracy does not guarantee automatic legitimacy - specially where there's no minimum number of votes.
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