Is There a Basic Problem With Democracy?

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Democracy is about living with people you disagree with. And so the instability problem is that if you get too many people who don't like democracy, then in a democracy, they can end it. There's almost no solution for that problem. If it actually happens, it's essentially too late. The only solutions to prevent from happening are to make sure that most people are on the side of democracy,. and to really educate them and convince them that they should be. That's a non trivial task, which maybe we take for granted a little bit.

Welcome to the July 2022 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic.

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