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Originally posted by Ustwo
If 51% of the people decide the other 49% should be slaves, its a democratic and 'fair' decision.
A majority alone can not be trusted any more then a despot.
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The majority is trusted in nearly every election besides the presidential, how can you claim that it can't be trusted? The will of the majority is put in check by the constitution.
You're example is irrelevant and means nothing. How is letting a popular vote elect the president bear any similarity to 51% of the population voting to enslave 49%? Do you think that the american public may fall under the spell of a presidential candidate promising to enslave all who vote against him/her? That wouldn't seem to be a very likely platform to get you into the oval office. Even if that did happen, how would the president implement that plan? How would they do it without violating the constitution? That is why there is the constitution, to protect the minority from oppression. I suppose they could try to amend the constitution, but that would take years and much more than 51% of eligible voters.