[governance] tyranny of majority (was Re: Debunking eight myths about multi-stakeholderism)

[Norbert Bollow]

On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 11:15:35 +0200
Jean-Christophe Nothias <jeanchristophe.nothias at gmail.com> wrote:

> This tyranny of majority is an intriguing item.

In governance systems which have majority voting but not the other
essential elements of the modern understanding of democracy, it will
sometimes happen that tyrannical, i.e. human rights violating, decision
proposals are supported by a majority of votes, and therefore
considered adopted. A famous example was the state-sanctioned murder of
Socrates in ancient Athens.

In democratic governance systems of course in such a situation there is
the possibility to get the outcome of the vote overturned by a court
decision on the basis that it is a human rights violation.

In democratic governance systems therefore tyranny of majority does not
occur.

Greetings,
Norbert

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