Violet Madder on Nostr: "Is democracy a ritualised form of combat?" Now that you mention it, yeah. Yeah, it ...

"Is democracy a ritualised form of combat?"

Now that you mention it, yeah. Yeah, it kinda is.

I mean it comes down to, "there are more of us than there are of you, so if push comes to shove we'll win".

That's what we call the tyranny of the majority, and it's a tricky issue.