Post #1358569
2026-04-13 05:07 UTC
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@the_abecedarian@piefed.social 2026-04-13 05:31
not every direct democratic system is majority rule. there are [lots of ways](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_decision-making) to make decisions! remember, we don't need perfection, just something better than the tyranny of the minority we live under now. we can improve from there. anyone seeking to sabotage decision making in bad faith can be handled however a given commune has decided to handle antisocial behavior (rehab, restorative justice, offering therapy, etc).
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@bearboiblake@pawb.social 2026-04-13 10:44
To add to the very good comment you already received, I would also point you towards [an anarchist FAQ's answer to the question, "Won't there be a danger of a "tyranny of the majority" under libertarian socialism?"](https://anarchistfaq.org/afaq/sectionI.html#seci56). I will share a few choice paragraphs from there, but I encourage you to check it out yourself as it goes into a lot of detail: > Participation and self-management is the only way that majorities can come to see the point of minority ideas and for seeing the importance of protecting minority freedoms. This means that any attempt to restrict participation in the name of minority rights actually enforces the herd mentality, undermining minority and individual freedom rather than protecting it. > > In the current system, voters are mere passive spectators of occasional, staged, and highly rehearsed debates among candidates pre-selected by the corporate elite, who pay for campaign expenses. The public is expected to choose simply on the basis of political ads and news sound bites. Once the choice is made, cumbersome and ineffective recall procedures insure that elected representatives can act more or less as they (or rather, their wealthy sponsors) please. > > By contrast, in a libertarian society decisions are made following public discussion in community assemblies open to all. After decisions have been reached, outvoted minorities -- even minorities of one -- still have ample opportunity to present reasoned and persuasive counter-arguments to try to change the decision. This process of debate, disagreement, challenge, and counter-challenge, which goes on even after the defeated minority has temporarily acquiesced in the decision of the majority, is virtually absent in the representative system, where "tyranny of the majority" is truly a problem. In addition, minorities can secede from an association if the decision reached by it are truly offensive to them.