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Macleef Posted 19 years ago
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What does the following question mean?
What does the following question mean?
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How can you live within a democracy that expects you to participate, to hold an opinion and vote and thereby control and be responsible for your society—but at the same time, you must surrender and follow the will of others if even the slimmest majority disagrees with you?
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Does it mean that society is repressive even though it's a democracy?
Please I need to know in 7 minutes!
Thanks
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How can you live within a democracy that expects you to participate, to hold an opinion and vote and thereby control and be responsible for your society—but at the same time, you must surrender and follow the will of others if even the slimmest majority disagrees with you?
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Does it mean that society is repressive even though it's a democracy?
Please I need to know in 7 minutes!
Thanks
Top answer
This does not mean that the society is repressive. This only means that you have to follow what majority decides.
- This does not mean that the society is repressive.
- This only means that you have to follow what majority decides.
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This does not mean that the society is repressive. This only means that you have to follow what majority decides.
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Neeraj JainThis does not mean that the society is repressive. This only means that you have to follow what majority decides.Can you please elaborate on what the question means?
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Macleef, let's say you are part of a group of 11 people. You are trying to decide where to go for lunch, and you will all go togther. You want to go to Tom's Cafe, and four other people agree with you. But six people want to go to Mary's Cafe. Six votes for Mary's is more than five votes for Tom's. Have you been repressed? No. But more people voted for Mary's, so you go to Mary's. Was it a waste o
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